Los Angeles County declared January 9th as a Day of Mourning to honor the life and legacy of former President Jimmy Carter.
People watch as the hearse containing the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter departs the Jimmy Carter Boyhood Farm in Archery, Ga., Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. Los Angeles County declared Thursday, Jan. 9 as an official Day of Mourning to encourage county residents to pause, remember and pay tribute to the late President Jimmy Carter , who passed away on Dec. 29 at the age of 100.
“President Carter exemplified the highest ideals of leadership, dedicating his life to promoting global peace, uplifting the marginalized, and fostering hope through humanitarian efforts,” said Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Kathryn Barger. “Today’s unanimous vote to declare a Day of Mourning demonstrates our shared commitment to paying tribute to a leader who embodied values we hold dear — compassion and service,” she added. County employees in non-essential services will have the day off to honor and reflect on Carter’s contributions both during his presidency from 1977 to 1980, and the decades after in which he helped build homes for poor people with Habitat For Humanity, worked to eradicate disease in Africa and fought for civil rights and environmental justice.The hearse carrying the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter arrives at the Jimmy Carter Boyhood Farm, where Carter grew up, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, in Plains, Ga. NPS employees, based out of Sumter County, Ga., stand in formation as the motorcade with the flag-draped hearse of former President Jimmy Carter, stops in front of the Boyhood Farm, where Carter grew up, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, Plains, Ga. Former and current U.S. Secret Service agents assigned to the Carter detail, carry the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter, at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Ga., Saturday, Jan
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