Former President Jimmy Carter‘s casket emerged from Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia, on Saturday, set to begin his journey to Washington D.C., where he will lie in state. Carter, the longest-lived United States president ever,

The events marked the first of a multiday celebration of Carter, who died last Sunday at his home in Plains, the tiny town of his childhood and the launchpad for his storied political career.

After the public pays its respects in the Capitol Rotunda and services at the National Cathedral, Carter will be laid to rest in his hometown.