The US will honor the late former President Jimmy Carter, who died at age 100 on December 29. President Joe Biden declared January 9 as a day of mourning in an executive order – the same day as his official state funeral at the Washington National Cathedral.

On Dec. 29, California Gov. Gavin Newsom also announced that flags at the State Capitol and Capitol Annex Swing Space would be flown at half-staff in honor of Carter. The country’s most recent national day of mourning was in December 2018, following the death of former President George H.W. Bush.

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Members of Congress, the Supreme Court and other dignitaries will gather at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday for a lying-in-state ceremony for former President Jimmy Carter.

President Joe Biden declared Thursday a national day of mourning for former President Jimmy Carter, who died last month.

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The nation's 39th president will be laid to rest on Thursday. Jimmy Carter's state funeral will be held in Washington D.C., honoring the legacy of the man who started as a peanut farmer in Georgia and went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize for his global human rights work.

On this day, it's a holiday for most federal employees to honor Jimmy Carter. But for those who aren't federal employees, it's not a national holiday.

President Joe Biden will deliver the eulogy at Carter’s funeral starting at 10 a.m. Thursday at Washington National Cathedral.