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. Carter’s remains, which have been lying in repose at the Carter Presidential Center since Saturday,

Jimmy Carter lived in the Georgia governor's mansion and the White House, but his real home was in the tiny town of Plains. It is in this town in the southwestern part of the Peach State that the president will be laid to rest after a journey back to Atlanta and Washington.

Tuesday’s schedule includes a departure ceremony from the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta; a departure ceremony from Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia; an arrival ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland; a funeral procession from the U.S. Navy Memorial to the U.S. Capitol; and an arrival ceremony and service at the U.S. Capitol.