Jimmy Carter was in office from 1977 until 1981, but it was his life outside the White House that has continued to speak volumes

President Jimmy Carter was honored in a state funeral in Washington on Thursday, alongside a private memorial in Georgia.

The late President’s priorities were remarkably prescient, and his personal qualities offered a dismaying contrast to so much of the present state of American politics.

These events will all take place around the weekend as the nation says goodbye to the late president during a national day of mourning.

SAYING GOODBYE — “Character, character, character,” President JOE BIDEN said today in summing up former President JIMMY CARTER’s legacy on the national and international stage. That was the theme of the day at the state funeral for America’s 39th president,

Jimmy Carter, a U.S. president who served only one term but was widely admired for his humanitarian work after leaving the White House, was remembered during his state funeral on Thursday as a man who put honesty and kindness above partisan politics.