This story was updated on Wednesday, Jan. 8 at 8:44 a.m.
Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation’s capital, the 39th president returned to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting on Tuesday.
Carter lied in repose at the Carter Center in Atlanta from Saturday to Tuesday morning.
After a brief departure ceremony at the Carter Center, the former president and his family took off from Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta around 1 p.m. and arrived in Washington about 2:30 p.m.
A funeral procession took place from the U.S. Navy Memorial to the U.S. Capitol building at 3:30 p.m.
A service then took place at 4:30 p.m. where members of Congress paid their respects.
Carter lied in state at the U.S. Capitol from 7 p.m. Tuesday to midnight, which members of the public were invited to attend. The public may also pay their respects to Carter as he lies in state from 7 a.m. on Jan. 8 until 7 a.m. on Jan. 9.
A national funeral service will occur on Thursday, Jan. 9 at 10 a.m. at Washington National Cathedral.
Carter and his family will then travel back to Georgia for a private service at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains. After the service, the motorcade will travel through downtown Plains, where the public is invited to line the route. The motorcade will arrive at the Carter residence for a private interment, preceded by a Navy flyover.
That will conclude the funeral services for former President Carter.
