ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter will lie in repose for one more day on Monday.
Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100, completed his final journey from his hometown in Plains, Ga. to the Carter Center in Atlanta on Saturday.
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Since Saturday night, thousands have come to the Carter Center to pay their respects to Georgia’s native son and the former president.
Visitors will have until 7 a.m. on Tuesday to visit before the state funeral plans shift to Washington D.C. later that morning. The ceremonies in the nation’s capital include Carter lying in state at the U.S. Capitol and his funeral at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday.
A private service and burial will happen Thursday afternoon back in Plains.
Here’s a look ahead to Tuesday’s schedule.
TUESDAY
7 a.m. – Lying in Repose concludes.
9:30 a.m. – A departure ceremony from the Carter Presidential Center.
10 a.m. – The motorcade departs for Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia.
10:40 a.m. – The late president and his family arrive at Dobbins Air Reserve Base and board Special Air Mission 39 after an arrival ceremony.
11:15 a.m. – Special Air Mission 39 departs for Washington.
12:45 p.m. – Special Air Mission 39 arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, and Carter’s remains are transferred with ceremony to the hearse.
1:15 p.m. – The motorcade departs for the U.S. Navy Memorial.
2 p.m. – The motorcade arrives at the U.S. Navy Memorial and Carter’s remains are transferred from a hearse to a horse drawn caisson with ceremony.
2:15 p.m. – The funeral procession begins marching up to the U.S. Capitol via Pennsylvania Avenue, turning left onto Constitution Avenue.
2:40 p.m. – Upon arrival at the U.S. Capitol, the late president is carried up the stairs by military body bearers and into the Rotunda.
3 p.m. – Congress pays their respects during a service in the Rotunda.
3:45 p.m. – Carter begins lying in state while the military maintains a guard of honor.
7 p.m. to midnight – Lying in state opens to the public.
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