Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will be laid to rest during a state funeral in Washington on Jan. 9, 2025 In a White House announcement, President Joe Biden said on Dec. 29 that suitable honors would be rendered by units of the armed forces. The late-night statement was made during Biden’s vacation in St. Croix. Biden also called upon all Americans to assemble on that day in their respective places of worship to pay homage to Carter. He ordered Jan. 9 to be a national day of mourning for Carter, who was 100 years old, and that U.S. flags across the country and abroad be flown at half-staff for 30 days beginning Dec. 29….