ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter is preparing to celebrate his birthday. 100th anniversary of birth Tuesday marks the first time in an entire century that an American president has taken the son of a Depression-era farmer to the White House and around the world as a Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian and champion of society. It is also the latest milestone in my life. Democracy.
have lived at home for the past 19 months hospice care In the Plains with the Georgia Democratic Party 39th president Just as he has achieved remarkable growth from his family’s peanut farming and warehousing business to the world stage, he has continued to defy expectations. He served one term as president from 1977 to 1981 and then went on to lead the Carter Center for more than 40 years. The Carter Center was founded in 1982 with his wife, Rosalyn, to “advocate for peace, fight disease, and build hope.”
Jason Carter, the former president’s grandson and director of the Carter Center, said, “Not everyone can live 100 years on this earth. When you use it to make a significant contribution to the world, it’s worth celebrating.” said the board in an interview.
“Now that he’s been in hospice for the past few months, 19 months, it’s been an opportunity for reflection for our family,” he continued. It was a really happy time. ”
The former president was born in Plains on Oct. 1, 1924, and spent more than 80 of his 100 years there. He will celebrate his birthday in the same one-story house he and Rosalynn built in the early 1960s before he was first elected to the Georgia State Senate. The former first lady was also born in the Plains. passed away in November last year At 96.
Carter Center on September 17th. musical gala An event was held in Atlanta to celebrate the former president, featuring a variety of genres and artists, including some who campaigned with him in 1976. The event raised more than $1.2 million for the center’s programming and will be broadcast on Georgia Public Broadcasting Tuesday night.
In St. Paul, Minnesota, Habitat for Humanity volunteers are building 30 homes in Carter’s honor over five days. After leaving the White House, the Carters became top ambassadors for international organizations, hosting annual building projects into the 1990s. Carter survived a cancer diagnosis at age 90, suffered several falls and had a hip replacement in his mid-90s, and announced that he would enter hospice care at age 98.
Plains townspeople planned another concert Tuesday night.
Jimmy Carter’s last public appearance was nearly a year ago, when he used a reclining wheelchair to attend his wife’s hospital visit. two funerals. Visibly weakened and silent, he sat in the front row of Atlanta’s Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church, joined by the couple’s four children, all living former first ladies, President Joe Biden and his wife Jill, and Bill. Along with former President Clinton. The next day, Mr. Carter joined relatives and parishioners at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, where the former president taught Sunday school for decades.
Jason Carter said his family didn’t expect to celebrate his grandmother’s 100th birthday after she died. The former president’s hospital bed was set up in the same room so he could be seen. 77 year old wife and speak to her on her last day and hour.
“Frankly, we didn’t expect him to last this long,” Jason Cater said. “But it’s been a journey of faith for him and he’s really surrendering to what he feels is God’s plan. He knows he’s not in charge. But especially these last few months. So he became more involved in world events, more involved in politics, more emotionally involved with all of us.”
Jason Carter, a 100-year-old president born just four years after women were given the constitutional right to vote and 40 years before black women won the right to vote, will vote for president in 2024, viz. He said he would enthusiastically vote for the vice presidential candidate. kamala harrisa Democrat who is seeking to become the second woman, second Black person, and first person of South Asian descent to serve in the Oval Office.
“Like many of us, he was thrilled that his friend Joe Biden had made the courageous choice to hand over the torch,” the younger Carter said. “You know, my grandfather and the Carter Center have observed over 100 elections in 40 other countries. I know how rare it is.”
Jason Carter continued, “When we started asking him about his 100th birthday, he said he was excited to vote for Kamala Harris.”
Early voting in Georgia begins Oct. 15, two weeks shy of the 101st anniversary of James Earl Carter Jr.’s birth.
