WASHINGTON (AP) — President Biden schedules Jimmy Carter’s state funeral in Washington for Jan. 9, also a National Day of Mourning in US.
State funerals for presidents usually include lying in state at the US Capitol and a memorial service at the Washington National Cathedral.
The US stock market has traditionally closed on the day of presidential funerals. No announcement has been made as of yet by exchange overseers.
Biden, President-elect Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama were among those paying tribute to Middle East peace efforts and a long post-presidential run of humanitarian work by Carter, who died at age 100 at his home in Plains, Georgia.
Biden’s statement, issued during his year-end vacation in the US Virgin Islands, included a tribute to Carter’s efforts to “eradicate disease, forge peace, advance civil rights and human rights, promote free and fair elections, house the homeless, and always advocate for the least among us.”
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