Jimmy Carter and his hometown of Plains celebrate the 39th president's 100th birthday
Source: AP
By BILL BARROW and CHARLOTTE KRAMON
Updated 11:02 AM CDT, October 1, 2024
ATLANTA (AP) Jimmy Carter reached his 100th birthday Tuesday, the first time an American president has lived a full century and the latest milestone in a life that took the son of a Depression-era farmer to the White House and across the world as a Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian and advocate for democracy.
Living the last 19 months in home hospice care in Plains, the Georgia Democrat and 39th president has continued to defy expectations, just as he did through a remarkable rise from his family peanut farming and warehouse business to the world stage. He served one presidential term from 1977 to 1981 and then worked more than four decades leading The Carter Center, which he and his wife Rosalynn co-founded in 1982 to wage peace, fight disease, and build hope.
Not everybody gets 100 years on this earth, and when somebody does, and when they use that time to do so much good for so many people, its worth celebrating, Jason Carter, the former presidents grandson and chair of The Carter Center governing board, said in an interview.
These last few months, 19 months, now that hes been in hospice, its been a chance for our family to reflect, he continued, and then for the rest of the country and the world to really reflect on him. Thats been a really gratifying time.
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patricia92243
(12,792 posts)going on around him - going to vote for Kamala - just wonderful.
DinahMoeHum
(22,342 posts)ArkansasDemocrat1
(2,835 posts)He and Joe are the two most decent presidents of my lifetime.
Novara
(6,070 posts)Bless him.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,603 posts)Bengus81
(7,312 posts)I will always love Jimmy and Rosalyn.
HeartsCanHope
(586 posts)Thank you, President Carter! We love you, and the happiest of birthdays!
Polybius
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Unrepentant Fenian
(1,081 posts)We REALLY need more people like President Carter and Rosalynn! They are honest to God, Good People! I'm not religious, but it blows my mind that religious people have been conned into thinking that trump is a truer christian than President Carter or President Biden!
P.S. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. PRESIDENT! I sincerely hope you get to cast that vote!