In Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter’s hometown of Plains, Georgia, there will be a new reminder of the renowned legacy of former President and late First Lady Rosalynn Carter: an eponymous post office.
The motorcade is crossing the peanut fields and pecan groves of a state Senate district ... Young became a Georgia congressman, Atlanta mayor and Carter’s U.N. ambassador. Biden ended his remarks saying “God bless you, Jimmy Carter.“
Former President Jimmy Carter only served one term as governor, but he left his mark in many ways before leaving for Washington, even literally. With a pencil, Carter signed the desk in the governor’s ceremonial office,
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’s legacy includes working to eradicate tropical diseases in Africa, South America and Asia and to end conflicts in places like Syria, Israel and Sudan. But the late former president’s efforts also live on in the wild places of his native Georgia that he worked as governor and president to protect.
Former President Jimmy Carter is lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on Tuesday before a funeral service later this week. Follow for live news updates.
The casket of the 39th President arrived by horse-drawn caisson around 4:30 p.m. ET. The arrival ceremony kicked off shortly thereafter. Carter’s casket was welcomed by diplomats, Supreme Court Justic
Former President Jimmy Carter will lie in state at the US Capitol before his state funeral in Washington, DC, and burial in Georgia.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jimmy Carter, the 39th U.S. President, will be honored Thursday with the pageantry of a state funeral ... first state Senate campaign in 1962 and where they lived out their lives with the exception of four years in the Georgia Governor ...
Jimmy Carter's long public goodbye began Saturday in south Georgia where the 39th U.S. president's life began more than 100 years ago.
The former assistant secretary of agriculture, who now lives in Roanoke, writes about his experiences with the late president.
Just 28% of Georgia voters support passing stricter gun laws while 51% say they worry they or a loved one will be a victim in a mass shooting.