'Carry on that legacy': Residents of Plains, Georgia keep President Carter's spirit of service alive
People living in Plains, Georgia are remembering the legacy of President Jimmy Carter after he was laid to rest Thursday.
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Jimmy And Rosalynn Carter Receive Posthumous Honor That Is A Nod To Their Lifelong Dedication To Plains, Georgia
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.
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Residents of Plains, Georgia share their encounters with Jimmy Carter
People in this story were interviewed days after Jimmy Carter entered hospice in February of 2023. PLAINS — They quieted their dogs when he jogged by their homes. They saw him getting ice cream. Or ...
Former President Jimmy Carter laid to rest at his Plains home
Former President Jimmy Carter has been laid to rest at his home in Plains, Georgia. The beloved former president is being buried underneath a willow tree on the property of his Plains home next to his ...
A superfan. A pastor. A professor. Why they came to Plains for Jimmy Carter’s funeral
For what he gave me, he deserves my respect,” said Tiffany Patten. “If he can eradicate guinea worm, I can stand in 30-degree ...
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In Carter’s Hometown, a Long Vigil Ends With Sorrow, but Also Uplift
By Rick Rojas Christina Morales and Christian Boone Reporting from Plains, Ga. The Georgia town known first and foremost as the home of Jimmy Carter had steeled itself time and again for an ...
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Jimmy Carter's niece aims to keep telling the story of her uncle in his hometown of Plains
PLAINS, Ga. — Plains, Georgia is where Jimmy Carter’s story began, and it is where he will be buried. But his story is by no means over. His legacy lives on, and people in Plains will make ...
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Jimmy Carter laid to rest in Plains, Georgia, after funeral service in Washington
followed by burial at the family's peanut farm in Plains, Georgia. The plane carrying Carter's remains landing Thursday around 3:30 p.m. at Lawson Army Airfield, Fort Moore, Georgia. There will be ...
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Jimmy Carter returns to Plains, Georgia, for final burial
Jimmy Carter returned to Georgia for the last time Thursday after ... The country’s 39th president will be buried in his beloved hometown of Plains, next to Rosalynn Carter, his wife of 77 ...
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The lines blur between Jimmy Carter and Plains, Georgia. A trip shows how they made each other
Jimmy Carter was known to wake up at 4 a.m. and go to the fields at his family farm to round up peanuts, then take them inside to boil before trekking to nearby downtown Plains to sell them.
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Former US President Jimmy Carter Died in Plains, Georgia – the City of his Birth
Born Oct. 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia, James “Jimmy” Earl Carter, Jr., is the only U.S. president to date who was born and raised in Georgia. He lived on a farm from age 4 until he departed ...
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Residents of Plains, Georgia share their encounters with Jimmy Carter
Well, except maybe for the Secret Service detail quietly tailing him. Plains, Georgia doesn’t have a big grocery store, robust dining options or a movie theater. But, until just days ago ...