Jimmy Carter was to be honored Thursday with a state funeral at Washington's National Cathedral, amid a groundswell of tributes honoring the 39th US president and the last from the so-called Greatest Generation.

Former President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral will take place in Washington on Thursday at 8 a.m. MST. He will be buried later that day in his home state of Georgia.

Late President Jimmy Carter's State Funeral ends Thursday in Washington, D.C., and Georgia, according to the United States Capitol Police.