Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's body arrives in Washington on Tuesday for three days of mourning beginning with him lying in state at the U.S. Capitol before a funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday.

Washingtonians will have their first opportunity to pay respects to Carter on Tuesday afternoon, as a funeral procession will begin at the United States Naval Memorial on Pennsylvania Avenue and travel to the US Capitol. Carter will lie in state from Tuesday evening to Thursday morning with an honor guard in the Capitol Rotunda.