ATLANTA — President Joe Biden issued an executive order Monday to have the federal government close on Jan. 9, 2025 in honor of former President Jimmy Carter’s passing.
That day, a funeral for the former president will be held in the nation’s capital. Biden also declared Jan. 9 a National Day of Mourning in honor of Carter, who was our nation’s 39th president and the 76th governor of the state of Georgia.
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Carter, who died Sunday night at the age of 100, was honored in a variety of statements and tributes following news of his passing by figures across the political aisle.
Biden’s executive order announced that all executive departments and agencies in the federal government would be closed on Jan. 9, though heads of executive departments and agencies may choose to remain open or have some employees report for duty if needed for reasons of national security, defense or public need.
The former president will also lie in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. The exact dates for that have not yet been announced.
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