ATLANTA — Officials at the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta have announced that the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum will be open with free admission today beginning at 9:30 a.m. for the National Day of Mourning. Mourners are welcome to visit, remember President Carter, and pay their respects.

The U.S. will honor former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at age 100, with an official state funeral on Thursday, Jan. 9.

That Carter had to say that at all illustrates how set apart the South was from the rest of the nation, even as late as the 1970s. That it never was again is a testament to what C

The late president is lying in state through Thursday morning, giving the public a chance to pay respect in person.

One of the world’s most complex regions hosted the humble Southerner’s biggest triumph and most stinging defeat, as seen on front pages of The Washington Post.