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Rhiannon12866

(256,467 posts) Tue Dec 4, 2018, 08:39 PM Dec 2018

JUST IN: President Carter, former First Lady, to attend funeral of George H.W. Bush [View all]

Each of the four former living presidents will mourn 41

Former President Jimmy Carter will join his Democratic counterparts Bill Clinton and Barack Obama at the Washington National Cathedral on Wednesday, assuring that all of America’s former living presidents will attend the funeral of former President George H.W. Bush.

Former President George W. Bush will eulogize his father and President Donald Trump will attend, but not speak.

President Carter, who will be joined by his wife Rosalynn Carter, is not expected to speak.

President Bush, the 41st president, died Friday at the age of 94.

A spokeswoman for the Carter Center, said Carter plans to return to Atlanta later Wednesday to participate in a human rights panel discussion.

More: https://www.ajc.com/news/president-carter-former-first-lady-attend-funeral-george-bush/fC7onKWbJIeBWPMGFCHobN/

Former President George H.W. Bush and former President Jimmy Carter attend the opening ceremony of the George W. Bush Presidential Center April 25, 2013 in Dallas, Texas. Photo: 2013 Getty Images

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JUST IN: President Carter, former First Lady, to attend funeral of George H.W. Bush [View all] Rhiannon12866 Dec 2018 OP

Sweet, honest Jimmy Carter.... CozyMystery Dec 2018 #1

Me too. Nt lostnfound Dec 2018 #2

And he was the first candidate I took an interest in, too. Rhiannon12866 Dec 2018 #4

I did a little work for some local NYC candidates as a teenager, but the first major candidate... George II Dec 2018 #12

Very cool! I just loved him, too - still do! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2018 #14

Wow! When a senior in high school, I had the opportunity.... DemocracyMouse Dec 2018 #18

I have shaken the hand of Carter, Reagan, and the Bushes. alphafemale Dec 2018 #22

Me too... Upthevibe Dec 2018 #20

I love President Jimmy Carter. I'll always regret not taking the chance to go see him Maru Kitteh Dec 2018 #25

Proud to use my 30,000th post to k and r. cwydro Dec 2018 #3

Oh! Congratulations! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2018 #5

Will trump be staying at the white house tweeting up a storm? George II Dec 2018 #6

No, Trump will be at the funeral. edbermac Dec 2018 #11

That is some crazy ass Photoshop right there. Maru Kitteh Dec 2018 #30

and damn near the most honest and hard working for the middle class and poor THEN ANY OF THE OTHER a kennedy Dec 2018 #7

Same for me, and he's never disappointed! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2018 #8

One year I was into painting figurines.......one happened to be a giant peanut bank with a mouth. a kennedy Dec 2018 #9

I don't remember those, though he did spark quite an industry at the time Rhiannon12866 Dec 2018 #29

Good. The whole group of former Presidents. nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #10

"trump will attend, but will not speak." Haggis for Breakfast Dec 2018 #13

I suspect the Bush family would never have allowed that. LuckyLib Dec 2018 #15

He would find a way to make it about himself. Haggis for Breakfast Dec 2018 #17

Jimmy Carter was the former First Lady? shenmue Dec 2018 #16

GMTA. eppur_se_muova Dec 2018 #23

"America's former living presidents"? nuxvomica Dec 2018 #31

Seemed awkward to me, as well Rhiannon12866 Dec 2018 #32

I turned 18 in 1980 and voted for Jimmy. BigmanPigman Dec 2018 #19

So happy to know that Jimmy and Roselyn will be there. Grammy23 Dec 2018 #21

Jimmy Carter is a remarkable human being. lpbk2713 Dec 2018 #24

And Carter is the last surviving WWII veteran President. Glad they can make it. applegrove Dec 2018 #26

So that makes how many former Democratic presidents? chillfactor Dec 2018 #27

Those are the three former Democratic presidents - and George W Bush* Rhiannon12866 Dec 2018 #28