Good afternoon, Chicago.
Jimmy Carter was celebrated for his personal humility and public service before, during and after his presidency during a funeral at Washington National Cathedral today featuring the kind of pageantry the 39th U.S. president typically eschewed.
All of Carter’s living successors were in attendance, with President Joe Biden, the first sitting senator to endorse his 1976 run for the White House, delivering a eulogy. Biden and others took turns praising Carter’s record — which many historians have appraised more favorably since losing his bid for a second term in 1980 — and extolling his character.
See photos from the day of mourning.
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