Members of the public pay their respects in front of the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 7. (Allison Robbert/AFP via Getty Images)
Former President Jimmy Carter lay in state for a second day Wednesday in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, where members of the public will be able to pay their respects to the 39th U.S. President. As photos show below, Carter's remains were flown from Atlanta to Maryland's Joint Base Andrews on Tuesday afternoon, where a motorcade traveled to the U.S. Navy Memorial. The his casket was transferred ceremonially to a horse-drawn chest that traveled to the U.S. Capitol.
Vice President Kamala Harris, House Speaker Mike Johnson, members of Congress, Cabinet secretaries and Carter's family members were among those who offered tributes to the former president in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday.
Carter will lie in state in the Capital Rotunda until Thursday, when his funeral service will be held at the National Cathedral. His remains will then be flown back to Georgia for a final private service in Plains. The former president will be buried next to his wife, Rosalynn Carter, at his family's peanut farm.
A joint services military body bearer team carries the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter on arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Tuesday. (Steve Helber/AP)
The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter is transferred to a horse-drawn caisson at the U.S. Navy Memorial before traveling on to the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. (Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via AP)
The casket is carried by a joint services body bearer team into the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. (Shawn Thew/Pool via AFP via Getty Images)
A riderless horse brings up the rear of the State Funeral Procession at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 7. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
Members of the Carter family look on as U.S. Military joint force pallbearers carry the flag-draped casket into the Capitol on Jan. 7. (Jemal Countess/AFP via Getty Images)
The casket is carried to its resting place in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday. (Andrew Harnik/Pool via AFP via Getty Images)
Military body bearers approach with the casket to put it on its dais on Tuesday. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
(Left to right) House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, Kimberley Thune, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, House Speaker Mike Johnson, second gentleman Doug Emhoff and Vice President Kamala Harris attend a lying-in-state ceremony for former President Jimmy Carter at the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday. (Tierney Cross/AFP via Getty Images)
The flag-draped casket of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter lies in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday. (Andrew Harnik/Pool via Reuters)
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, left, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, right, present a wreath at a ceremony to honor President Jimmy Carter in the Rotunda. (Ricky Carioti/Pool via AFP via Getty Images)
Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff present a wreath as the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter lies in state on Tuesday. (Kent Nishimura/Pool via AP)
Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a eulogy for President Jimmy Carter at the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC on Tuesday. (Kent Nishimura/Pool via Getty Images)
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks at the lying in state ceremony on Tuesday. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AFP via Getty Images)
Members of the Carter family pay their respects at the flag-draped casket on Tuesday. (Kent Nishimura/Pool via AP)
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