Ahead of Jimmy Carter's national funeral service Thursday morning, we're looking back at how the late former president embraced Philadelphia's "brotherly love" mantra, making heartfelt connections during visits here over the years.

Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and Councilmember Jamie Gauthier joined leaders from Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia in front of City Hall to honor the former president's volunteer service.

Philadelphia and Habitat for Humanity paid tribute to President Jimmy Carter Thursday as the nation said its final goodbyes.

The brief interactions between the former presidents and their spouses who assembled for the state funeral of Jimmy Carter might well be sorted into two categories: those who reflect a

Former President Jimmy Carter will be buried in the small town where he lived, married, and died: Plains, Georgia. Carter spent more than 80 of his 100 years in and around the town, which still has fewer than 700 people,

Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, will be laid to rest Thursday following his death on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. Carter's state funeral began Saturday morning at the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia. After lying in ...

On this National Day of Mourning for President Jimmy Carter, a local organization close to his heart paid their own tribute to him and the help he brought to Philadelphia.

Perhaps Carter’s most revealing poem, “I Wanted to Share My Father’s World,” concerns the man who never got to see his namesake son’s achievements. He wrote that he despised Earl’s discipline, and swallowed hunger for “just a word of praise.”

While many of America's leaders congregated in the nation's capital for former President Jimmy Carter's memorial service, Philadelphia celebrated his legacy through his works.

Solomon Jones on the shift in America's cultural values marked by the death of the 39th president and the criminal sentencing of the 47th.

Former President Jimmy Carter is currently lying in state at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda as the nation honors the 39th president.

For what he gave me, he deserves my respect,” said Tiffany Patten. “If he can eradicate guinea worm, I can stand in 30-degree weather (to watch his funeral’s motorcade).”