Day of Mourning- Jimmy Carter
The Middletown Public Library will be showing coverage of the funeral of former President of the United States, Jimmy Carter. The official state funeral will begin at 10 AM EST.
Thursday schedule for Jimmy Carter funeral
- A 9 a.m. ceremony at the U.S. Capitol as the motorcade departs for the Washington National Cathedral and a 9:30 a.m. arrival ceremony.
- The National Funeral Service will take place at 10 a.m.
- Following the ceremony, at 11:15 a.m., Carter’s family will travel by motorcade to Joint Base Andrews for departure back to Georgia.
- Special Air Mission 39 arrives at Lawson Army Airfield at Fort Moore, Georgia, at 2 p.m.
- Carter and his family then travel by motorcade to Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains for a private funeral service at 3:45 p.m.
- The family will travel by motorcade at 4:45 to the Carter’s private residence for a private interment at 5:20 p.m.