By Heather Leigh Click here for updates on this story TAMPA, Florida (WFTS) — American flags fly at half-staff as a national nod to our 39th president, Jimmy Carter. He died at the age of 100 on Dec.
President Biden, who was the first sitting senator to endorse Jimmy Carter’s 1976 presidential campaign, will eulogize his fellow Democrat 11 days before he leaves office.
The importance of ritual, following the death of a president, serves the nation and honors the man. The American presidency is wrapped in a multitude of rituals that are powerfully, gloriously dull.
A national Day of Mourning will take place on Jan. 9 the day of former President Jimmy Carter's official state funeral at Washington National Cathedral.