Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation's capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returns to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting on Tuesday.

A special service will be held in the Capitol Rotunda, with eulogies by Vice President Kamala Harris, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.

Jimmy Carter is leaving Atlanta to return to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting on Tuesday. The departure ceremony begins at 11:30 a.m.

That's how Green Valley resident Ken Bensen remembers former president Jimmy Carter after spending years working with him and ...