Jimmy Carter’s legacy includes working to eradicate tropical diseases in Africa, South America and Asia and to end conflicts in places like Syria, Israel and Sudan. But the late former president’s efforts also live on in the wild places of his native Georgia that he worked as governor and president to protect.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders proclaims Jan. 9, 2025, as “President Jimmy Carter Day in Arkansas.” The proclamation comes on the heels of President Joe Biden declaring Jan. 9, the day of President Carter’s funeral,

Jimmy Carter was honored for his service as a naval officer, governor, president and for four decades of humanitarian work after leaving the White House.

Jimmy Carter’s remains, flown from Georgia on Tuesday, will be taken in a procession to the U.S. Capitol, where he will lie in state for two days.

Former President Jimmy Carter is lying in state inside the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., where Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Mike Johnson delivered eulogies Tuesday before family and lawmakers.