Jimmy Carter, the former US president who died on Sunday aged 100, will be honored with a state funeral before being buried in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, next to his wife Rosalynn.

The state funeral for Carter will be held on Thursday, January 9th in Washington DC. The date has also been declared a national day of mourning in the United States.

In addition to the state funeral, there will be a public service in Atlanta, the capital of Carter’s home state. The former president will then be buried in a private service in Plains, where he died.

The longest-living president, Carter, died Sunday, two years after entering hospice care. The last time most of the nation saw the former president was at Rosalynn Carter’s funeral last year.

On Monday, the Carter family also accepted an invitation from Congress to keep Carter in custody at the U.S. Capitol.

Congress extended the invitation to the late former president’s family “in recognition of his long and distinguished service to the nation,” the Carter Center said in a statement published on X.

The invitation was “respectfully and gratefully accepted,” the statement said.

Flags flew in honor of Carter at federal buildings and grounds across the United States on Monday, and will continue to do so for the next 30 days.

It is traditional for the U.S. government to order American flags to be flown at half-mast or half-mast on all federal buildings, grounds and naval vessels in the U.S. and its territories worldwide upon the death of sitting presidents or former presidents.

The tradition will continue for 30 days, meaning flags will be at half-staff at Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20 in Washington DC.

Joe Biden gave a brief public address honoring Carter, including both official praise and personal anecdotes.

“It’s a sad day, but it brings back so many wonderful memories,” Biden said.

“Today America – and, in my opinion, the world – lost a remarkable leader. He was a statesman and a humanitarian, and Jill (First Lady Jill Biden) and I have lost a dear friend.”

Biden said Carter had told him in the past that he was the first official to endorse Carter for the presidency in 1976. Biden was the Democratic U.S. Senator for Delaware at the time.

Biden said it “realized to him” that he and Carter “have been together for 50 years,” and he recalled that Carter always teased him affectionately.

Biden has issued an executive order ordering the closure of U.S. government agencies and executive departments on January 9th. The US stock exchanges also remain closed.