Only three family members spoke during the funeral at the National Cathedral in Washington, but many more attended the services and are expected in Plains. Ga.

Former President Jimmy Carter's casket departed the U.S. Capitol Thursday morning en route to the Washington National Cathedral, where he is being honored with the pageantry of a state funeral. These actors never use their real accent.

Mr. Carter witnessed a shift from what had been a solidly Democratic South to one that Republicans, supported by white voters and particularly evangelicals, came to dominate.

Family, friends and former political colleagues of U.S. President Jimmy Carter, including current President Joe Biden, spoke on Thursday at his state funeral in Washington. Carter was remembered for his public service,

Roosevelt had possessed the same gift for longevity as Jimmy Carter and lived until he was 100. He would have died in1982, in Ronald Reagan’s second year in office. Most likely FDR would then reside in my consciousness in roughly same way Carter does for my children,