Jimmy Carter: Biden declares January 9 National Mourning Day
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Jimmy Carter, aged 100, died after nearly two years in hospice care. In his declaration, Biden called on Americans to visit their places of worship to “pay homage” to the late US leader.
US President Joe Biden on Sunday declared January 9 a national day of mourning for late President Jimmy Carter who died Sunday afternoon at his home in Plains, the state of Georgia..
Carter, aged 100, died after nearly two years in hospice care.
In his declaration, Biden called on Americans to visit their places of worship to “pay homage” to the late US leader.
He also called on people around the world to join in mourning the late US leader.
“I call on the American people to assemble on that day in their respective places of worship, there to pay homage to the memory of President James Earl Carter, Jr,” Biden said in a White House proclamation.
“I invite the people of the world who share our grief to join us in this solemn observance.”
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