Jimmy Carter, who considered himself an outsider even as he sat in the Oval Office as the 39th U.S. president, was honored Thursday with the pageantry of a funeral at Washington National Cathedral.

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.

Former President Jimmy Carter will be buried in his hometown after two funeral ceremonies in Washington, D.C. and Georgia. President Joe Biden will give the eulogy at the National Funeral Service at the National Cathedral.