James Earl Carter, Jr. ~ October 1, 1924 - December 29, 2024

39th President, 1977-1981
Jimmy Carter sites visited:
On our way into Plains, we stopped at the Plains Visitor Center and received maps, free peanuts, and lots of information.
Just down the road was The Smiling Peanut 😊
Jimmy Carter was the first President born in a hospital, and it was here in what is now the Lillian Carter Nursing Center in Plains, Georgia.
Jimmy grew up on the family farm in Plains. It's the first Presidential National Historic Site we've visited that had no guides/guards around. It's completely self-guided. The home is here, Earl Carter's Commissary, and a Tenant home. Jimmy lived here until he left for college in 1941.
The high school Jimmy attended in Plains is now a Visitor Center and Museum.
This Depot in town was the headquarters of Jimmy's campaign for President.
Downtown Plains is small and well-preserved with re-purposed buildings.
Billy Carter's Gas Station is now a small museum but it wasn't open.
Jimmy and Rosalynn were married here in Plains Methodist Church in 1946.
They rented the Rylander House on Old Plains Highway from 1956-1961. The house is shuttered and fenced off and has a history of slavery and hauntings. It is supposedly one of the country's oldest houses.
The Carters were long time members of Maranatha Baptist Church where Jimmy famously taught Sunday School.
In nearby Americus, Jimmy has an airport named after him and from that airport, Charles Lindbergh took his first solo flight in 1923. Weird little piece of history.
Americus also has a Visitor Center and a historic hotel, the Windsor. The hotel went through many owners, was almost demolished at one point, but was renovated and received many visitors who came to see Jimmy Carter at Maranatha Baptist Church. The Carters stayed here in the Tower Suite in 2002 that was then renamed the Presidential Suite. It's a beautiful building and we enjoyed some food and beverages in Floyd's Pub, one of two restaurants in the hotel.
The Visitor Center in Americus had lots of souvenirs and Carter things.
Our hotel lobby held our first Carter sighting on this trip.
The only home the Carters ever owned is not yet open to the public so we viewed it through the fence. The family occupied this house from 1961 until the death of Jimmy Carter in 2024.
Right across the road is the Memorial Garden where Jimmy and Rosalynn are buried.
Their Grandson, Jeremy, who died in 2015, is remembered here with a marker.
After Plains, we drove north to Atlanta to visit the Capitol and Jimmy Carter's Museum. The Capitol has a nice Carter statue outside, and inside hangs a strange painting of Carter that I walked by twice without recognizing him 😳
The Carter Museum is small but informative and represents all of the work that the Carters did both during and after his Presidency. They truly strove to leave the world a better place.
The grounds are lovely.
Circle of Flags
The Peace Bell
This was our last Presidential Museum of the National Archives to visit so we received our National Archives coin here 😊
After Jimmy's death in 2024, the Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, set up a small exhibit in the lobby celebrating his life and his relationship with Gerald Ford in later years. The door represented his work with Habitat for Humanity and remains with them, somewhere. The Memorial Book was sent to the Carter Museum.
That's my HVE 😊
I am happy to say I voted for Jimmy Carter twice. What a good man he was 💗
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, lives dedicated to public service 💗

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