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Here, see all the photos of Jimmy Carter's state funeral: Carter's family, including daughter Amy Carter (4th L), watch as the Carter's casket leaves the Capitol for the state funeral service at ...
President Jimmy Carter's state funeral will be held Thursday. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) President Jimmy Carter will be laid to rest on Jan. 9 , which will be a National Day of Mourning.
WASHINGTON - The remains of President Jimmy Carter arrived at the U.S. Capitol for the final time on Tuesday afternoon for a service with members of Congress before the 39th president lies in state.
Diagram showing the positions of the guards during the lying in state prior to a State Funeral - the cross is at the foot of the coffin: 1: Household Cavalry or Foot Guards 2: Yeomen of the Guard 3: Gentlemen-at-Arms or Royal Company of Archers. There are differences between lying in state at a State Funeral, and that of a Ceremonial Funeral.
In the United States of America, "lying in state" is generally considered to be when one's body is placed in the rotunda of the United States Capitol. [citation needed] When the deceased person is placed in another location, like the Great Hall of the Supreme Court, they lie in repose, as was the case following the deaths of Justices Antonin Scalia in February 2016, [2] Ruth Bader Ginsburg in ...
A funeral is a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial or cremation, with the attendant observances. [1] Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember and respect the dead, from interment, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honour.
Family, friends and former colleagues, including the president and former speaker of the House, paid tribute to Sen. Dianne Feinstein at a memorial in San Francisco Thursday, honoring the six-term ...
Post-mortem photograph of Emperor Frederick III of Germany, 1888. Post-mortem photograph of Brazil's deposed emperor Pedro II, taken by Nadar, 1891.. The invention of the daguerreotype in 1839 made portraiture commonplace, as many of those who were unable to afford the commission of a painted portrait could afford to sit for a photography session.