US President, Joe Biden, has declared January 9 a national day of mourning for late US President, Jimmy Carter.
Declaring the day of mourning, Biden told Americans to visit their places of worship to pay homage to the late US leader.
“I call on the American people to assemble on that day in their respective places of worship to pay homage to the memory of President James Earl Carter, Jr,” he stated.
In a White House proclamation, Biden called on the people of the world to share their grief by joining in the solemn observance.
