The National Cathedral, which towers over Washington from the city’s highest point, has long served as America's unofficial sanctuary for moments that matter. The service will take place in the same space where Dwight D.

A state funeral service for former President Jimmy Carter took place at the Washington National Cathedral in the U.S. capital on Thursday, in a highlight of a solemn send-off process to honor the nation's 39th president who passed away last month.

Jimmy Carter, the 39th U.S. president, was honored with the pageantry of a state funeral in the nation’s capital at the Washington National Cathedral in Northwest on Thursday.