Five Presidents who succeeded Jimmy Carter came together for his funeral Thursday, all carrying a piece of a presidency he remade.

Inside Washington National Cathedral, the five men who've occupied the Oval Office since 1993 convened for a rare moment together at Jimmy Carter’s state funeral

The spectacle in Washington this week was extraordinary — a deceased president and a revived president at opposite ends of the moral scale. Here was Carter, the righteous, ascending to heaven, as Donald Trump, the felonious, ascended again to the Oval Office. Carter’s passion for honesty was as ingrained as Trump’s addiction to lying.

All the wonderful accolades and remembrances of the life of President Jimmy Carter are certainly well deserved. He was a man of such decency and service to benefit of others. His legacy could not be more of a contrast to that of our president elect.

That sentiment comes to mind following the death of former President Jimmy Carter, who died last Sunday at age 100. Carter during his final years received an abundance of praise for all he did after leaving the presidency. But he has never received enough credit for his exemplary accomplishments while in command of the Oval Office.

D.C. area photographer Ron Baker met and photographed President Jimmy Carter at a number of events during his administration.

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When Donald Trump arrived in Washington in 2017 just before his first inauguration, he was a stranger to most in town. As the only president in history without prior experience in

Washington mourned Jimmy Carter last week at the National Cathedral, which has been a guide for activism in the Trump era.

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praised Carter, writing, “I know a man I can trust, Blacks can trust, and that man is Jimmy Carter.” After leaving the Oval Office, Carter’s commitment to service never waned. Over four decades, he and his wife Rosalynn partnered with Habitat for ...