WASHINGTON: Jimmy Carter brought a fleeting moment of national unity to a divided America on Thursday (Jan 9) as all five living US presidents gathered for their predecessor's moving state funera

President Jimmy Carter's national funeral service was meant to be a celebration of the former-president's life, a time to set aside political differences and come together.

WASHINGTON - Former President Jimmy Carter was honored at a state funeral Thursday at the Washington National Cathedral, where President Joe Biden delivered a eulogy. Lawmakers and the public paid their respects to the former president as he lay in state at the US Capitol earlier this week. • Presidents in attendance: President-elect Donald Trump and former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama are in attendance at the state funeral. It’s an exceedingly rare convening, and it will mark the first time all of them have come face to face since the funeral of George H.W. Bush in December 2018. • Carter’s legacy: The 39th president, who died last month in Georgia, was the oldest living former US president and the first to reach 100. He led enduring foreign policy initiatives, including a peace deal between Israel and Egypt, the normalization of relations with China and the treaties that gave Panama control of the Panama Canal from the US.

Jimmy Carter, who considered himself an outsider even as he sat in the Oval Office as the 39th U.S. president, was honored Thursday with the pageantry of a funeral at Washington National Cathedral. Carter’s legacy will be remembered for his lifelong humanitarian work after leaving the White House.

For former president Jimmy Carter’s funeral, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, as well other former presidents, were joined by their spouses while Barack Obama attended solo.

US President-elect Donald Trump paid tribute to the late Jimmy Carter as he lay in state in Washington.

President-elect Donald J. Trump becomes part of the club. Melania Trump joins the first ladies.

All five former presidents were joined by first ladies, except Obama, who was seated next to Trump.

All of Carter’s living successors were in attendance, with President Joe Biden, the first sitting senator to endorse his 1976 run for the White House, delivering a eulogy.

Melania was by her husband Donald Trump's side at the State Funeral Service for former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on Thursday in a modest funeral outfit. 

The 39th president died in late December at the age of 100.

Former president Jimmy Carter honoured with state funeral in Washington at Washington National Cathedral before a second service and burial in his tiny Georgia hometown.  

The service caps a week of mourning that has seen thousands of citizens quietly filing past the casket to pay their respects to Carter.

Donald Trump publicly interacted with his former vice president Mike Pence for the first time in four years on Thursday at Jimmy Carter's funeral.

Former president of the US, Jimmy Carter began his final journey Thursday, with his flag-draped coffin being moved from the US Capitol for his state funeral at Washington's National Cathedral as mourners paid their respects to the 39th US president. For more, FRANCE 24's international affairs commentator, Douglas Herbert.

President Joe Biden used his eulogy at the state funeral of Jimmy Carter in Washington on Thursday to issue a warning against "hate" and "abuse of power". Biden’s living predecessors – Bill Clinton,…

Former President Ford and former Vice President Mondale had their eulogies read at the state funeral of former President Carter years after passing away.

Former President Ford and former Vice President Mondale had their eulogies read at the state funeral of former President Carter years after passing away.

In a historic moment, five living U.S. presidents gathered to honor Jimmy Carter at his funeral. Carter, who passed at 100, leaves behind an enduring legacy as America’s longest-living president.

Five Presidents who succeeded Jimmy Carter came together for his funeral Thursday, all carrying a piece of a presidency he remade.

Former President George W Bush's greeting to former President Obama ignites the internet with people screaming 'bromance' as the former leaders gathered to honor late President Carter.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will be honored Thursday with the pageantry of a funeral in the nation’s capital and second service in his tiny Georgia hometown that launched a Depression-era farm boy to the world stage.

The 39th U.S. President, Jimmy Carter, will be honoured Thursday with the pageantry of a state funeral in the nation’s capital, followed by a second service and burial in his tiny Georgia hometown that launched a Depression-era farm boy to the world stage. FRANCE 24's correspondent, Fraser Jackson, reports from Washington.

Former diplomat of the US Department of State, William Jordan speaks about who was Jimmy Carter. Jimmy Carter, the 39th U.S. President, is being honored with the pageantry of a state funeral in the nation’s capital. He will later be honored a second service and burial in his tiny Georgia hometown that launched a Depression-era farm boy to the world stage.

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All five living US presidents were pictured together on Thursday as they attended the state funeral of Jimmy Carter.

Jimmy Carter, who considered himself an outsider even as he sat in the Oval Office as the 39th U.S. president, will be honored Thursday with the pageantry of a funeral at Washington National Cathedral before a second service and burial in his tiny Georgia hometown.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Jimmy Carter was celebrated Thursday for his personal humility and public service before, during and after his presidency in a funeral at Washington National Cathedral featuring the kind of pageantry the 39th U.S. president typically eschewed. It was followed by an intimate hometown funeral near where he was born a century ago. All of Carter's living successors attended in Washington, with President Joe Biden, who was the first sitting senator to endorse his 1976 run for the White House, eulogizing his longtime friend. Biden and others took turns in the morning praising Carter's record — which many historians have appraised more favorably since he lost his bid for a second term in 1980 — and extolling his character. The dual ceremonies in Washington and Plains, Georgia, provided a moment of national comity in a notably partisan era and offered a striking portrait of a president who was once judged a political failure, only for his life ultimately to be recognized as having lasting national and…

Ryan Murphy take note.

WASHINGTON (AP) — As they filed into the front pews at the National Cathedral, wearing dark suits and mostly solemn faces, five current and former presidents came together for Jimmy Carter’s funeral. For a service that stretched more than an hour, the feuding, grievances and enmity that had marked their rival campaigns and divergent politics […]

As they filed into the front pews at Washington National Cathedral, wearing dark suits and mostly solemn faces, five current and former presidents came together for Jimmy Carter's funeral. For a service that stretched more than an hour, the feuding, grievances and enmity that had marked their rival campaigns and divergent…

World leaders and luminaries were in Washington DC to pay respects to the former US president. After the state funeral, Carter’s remains will return to Plains, Georgia

Ryan Murphy take note.

Former President Jimmy Carter Carter, who died late last month at 100, was remembered as a compassionate Christian and ahead-of-his-time progressive.

After birth certificate conspiracies and years of name-calling, the two former presidents were able to put differences aside.

One awkward interaction between President-elect Donald Trump and former Second Lady Karen Pence at the state funeral of President Jimmy Carter is going viral.The Indianapolis Star reported Thursday that while Trump and his wife, Melania were walking past Vice Presidents Al Gore, Mike Pence and his w...

Editor's note: The headline for this story has been updated.An image of former President Barack Obama laughing as President-elect Donald Trump whispered in his ear at the state funeral of President Jimmy Carter is going viral, and provoking strong reactions from journalists, experts and commentators...

Jan. 9 (UPI) -- All five living presidents were present to honor the late former President Jimmy Carter during his funeral service at the National Cathedral in Washington on Thursday morning.

All living presidents are attending the service.