President Joe Biden declared Thursday, Jan. 9, as a National Day of Mourning to honor former President Jimmy Carter. Here's what is open and closed.

Perhaps Carter’s most revealing poem, “I Wanted to Share My Father’s World,” concerns the man who never got to see his namesake son’s achievements. He wrote that he despised Earl’s discipline, and swallowed hunger for “just a word of praise.”

Tributes to former president Jimmy Carter are pouring in from across the country, including from the Twin Cities. At Habitat For Humanity Twin Cities' Restore Outlet in New Brighton, a moving memorial is underway.

It was a once-in-a-lifetime chance to pay their respects to a president. They were not going to miss it, even if meant waking up in the middle of the night.

Michael Tropp has met seven presidents and visited all 39 presidential gravesites. This presidential history buff just paid his respects to Jimmy Carter.

Historian Douglas Brinkley said Carter "raised the bar" on what was expected of presidents after leaving the White House and living a life of service.

Numerous ordinary Americans visited the casket of former President Carter early Wednesday as his remains lie in repose at the U.S. Capitol.

President Joe Biden declared Jan. 9 a National Day of Mourning for former President Jimmy Carter in an executive order. It is the same day that Carter’s official state funeral will be held.

It’s the world’s most exclusive fraternity and, on Thursday, all five members of the so-called presidents club will gather to honor one of their own.

So, in July 1979, the nation was in a deep, Carter-induced funk. And Carter's reaction was to ... blame the nation. That was the theme of the "malaise" speech.

A significant gathering of leaders and family members honoring former president Jimmy Carter’s legacy are expected at his state funeral service on Thursday.