President Carter departs Atlanta aboard Special Air Mission 39
President Carter departs Carter Center on final trip to Washington
Remembering Jimmy Carter
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Nation begins goodbye as Carter lies in state at Capitol before Thursday's funeral
The former president is remembered as a Renaissance man from Georgia who championed peace.
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Jimmy Carter funeral procession moves from Georgia to D.C.
The former president will lie in state while the military maintains a guard of honor at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.
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Carter departs Atlanta for services in D.C.
See photos from the procession that left Atlanta to head to the Capitol, where Carter will lie in state.
From Plains to Atlanta to DC and back, the procession follows his life’s path
The nation will bid farewell to former president with a funeral procession from Plains to Atlanta and Washington and back.
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PHOTOS: Carter departs Atlanta for services in Washington D.C.
President Jimmy Carter departed his presidential center in Atlanta on Tuesday.
