The late U.S. president was remembered during his state funeral as a man who put honesty and kindness above partisan politics.

Jimmy Carter redefined his legacy after his presidency. Other presidents, especially Hoover and Nixon, tried but failed to outrun or outwork their unhappy presidential legacies. Like John Quincy Adams before him, Carter will mostly be remembered for what came after his time in the White House rather than those four years in it—as he should be.

Jimmy Carter, a U.S. president who served only one term but was widely admired for his humanitarian work after leaving the White House, was remembered during his state funeral on Thursday as a man who put honesty and kindness above partisan politics.

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

Jason Carter, late President Jimmy Carter's grandson, reminisced about Carter's political and social life which encapsulated decades of hard work.

SAYING GOODBYE — “Character, character, character,” President JOE BIDEN said today in summing up former President JIMMY CARTER’s legacy on the national and international stage. That was the theme of the day at the state funeral for America’s 39th president,