WATCH: Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood perform ‘Imagine’ at Jimmy Carter’s funeral

Because the U.S. says goodbye to former President Jimmy Carter, you may watch a steady stream of the various public memorial occasions devoted to the thirty ninth president. It’s also possible to be taught extra about his life (together with a timeline), his legacy as a humanitarian and statesman, in addition to how he contributed to public well being, plus how funerals of former presidents are deliberate.

Nation artists Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood carried out “Think about” by John Lennon on the funeral for the late President Jimmy Carter on the Washington Nationwide Cathedral Thursday.

Brooks and Yearwood carried out the identical tune simply over a yr prior on the funeral for Carter’s spouse, former first woman Rosalynn Carter, who died in November 2023.

LIVE UPDATES: Jimmy Carter’s state funeral in Washington

The official state funeral in Washington on Thursday caps a protracted farewell that started — and can finish — in Carter’s hometown of Plains, Georgia. He died Dec. 29 at age 100.