Friends, family and even a long-deceased former rival honored Jimmy Carter on Thursday at the late president’s state funeral at Washington National Cathedral.
The eulogies — two written years ago before the authors themselves died — all served, in part, as subtle rebukes to the current political climate, emphasizing Carter’s honesty and humility.
The 39th president, aged 100, died at his modest home in Plains, Ga., on Dec. 29, after spending nearly two years in hospice care. Carter’s remains were transported to the cathedral this morning after lying in state at the Capitol, where members of the public continued to pay their respects overnight.
