Carter’s State Funeral Will Be Latest Presidential Farewell To Reflect the Wishes of the Deceased Commander in Chief

President George H.W. Bush, for one, was in the habit of revising every three months the seating chart for his ceremony.

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President Carter's home at Plains, Georgia in 2023. AP/Steve Helber, file

WASHINGTON — President Carter’s memorial journey will end at his house at the tiny town of Plains, Georgia, where he grew up on a peanut farm. That is where his wife, Rosalynn, was laid to rest last year in a burial plot that they chose years ago.

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