WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation’s capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returns to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting on Tuesday.

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The remains of President Jimmy Carter will arrive in Washington today. HIs funeral is set for Thursday, also declared a National Day of Mourning.

Former President Jimmy Carter will make his final journey to Washington D.C. Live coverage airs on Channel 2 throughout the day.

A special service will be held in the Capitol Rotunda, with eulogies by Vice President Kamala Harris, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.

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Former President Jimmy Carter is being remembered in six days of state funeral events that began Saturday​ with a service at his boyhood home in Plains, Georgia.

The funeral ceremonies for former President Jimmy Carter are underway. His body was transferred from his hometown of Plains, Georgia, to Atlanta.

Before Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, picked up a hammer and nails to frame out Cecelia "Cece" Dukuly’s home in 1989, Dukuly was familiar with the 39th president from her time as a teen living in Liberia.