The nation paused to honor Jimmy Carter for his service as a naval officer, governor and president, and his four decades of humanitarian work after leaving the White House.

These events will all take place around the weekend as the nation says goodbye to the late president during a national day of mourning.

Roosevelt had possessed the same gift for longevity as Jimmy Carter and lived until he was 100. He would have died in1982, in Ronald Reagan’s second year in office. Most likely FDR would then reside in my consciousness in roughly same way Carter does for my children,