by C. Henry Adams - commentator & Jimmy Carter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On Monday January 6th 2025, I arrived at the King Memorial MARTA Station in Atlanta, Georgia to an awaiting charter bus. The bus would drive all visitors seeking to view the US Flag draped casket of the 39th US President, Jimmy Earl Carter Jr. which was located in the Carter Presidential Center.
Who was President Jimmy Earl Carter Jr?
Mr. Carter was the Son of Peanut Farmer. He finish high school in 1941, he started undergraduate coursework in engineering at Georgia Southwestern College in nearby Americus, Georgia. The next year, Carter transferred to the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. While at Georgia Tech, Carter took part in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. In 1943, he received an appointment to the Naval Academy from U.S. Representative Stephen Pace, and Carter graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 1946.
While at the academy, Carter fell in love with Rosalynn Smith, a friend of his sister Ruth. The two wed shortly after his graduation in 1946, and were married until her death on November 19, 2023. He graduated 60th out of 821 midshipmen in the class of 1947 with a Bachelor of Science degree and was commissioned as an ensign.
From 1946 to 1953, the Carters lived in Virginia, Hawaii, Connecticut, New York, and California, during his deployments in the Atlantic and Pacific fleets.
Carter father died of pancreatic cancer in July of 1953. Carter obtained a release from active duty so he could take over the family peanut business. Carter left active duty on October 9, 1953.He served in the inactive Navy Reserve until 1961 and left the service with the rank of lieutenant.
After debt settlements and division of his father's estate among its heirs, Jimmy inherited comparatively little. For a year, he, Rosalynn, and their three sons lived in public housing in Plains.
Carter was knowledgeable in scientific and technological subjects, and
he set out to expand the family's peanut-growing business.
Transitioning from the Navy to farming was difficult as his first-year
harvest failed due to a drought, and Carter had to open several bank
lines of credit to keep the farm afloat. Meanwhile, he took classes and studied agriculture while Rosalynn learned accounting to manage the business's books. Though they barely broke even the first year, the Carters grew the business and became quite successful.
By 1961, Carter began to speak more prominently of integration as a member of the Baptist Church and chairman of the Sumter County school board. In 1962, he announced his campaign for an open Georgia State Senate seat 15 days before the election.
Rosalynn, who had an instinct for politics and organization, was
instrumental to his campaign. While early counting of the ballots showed
Carter trailing his opponent, Homer Moore, this was later proven to be
the result of fraudulent voting. The fraud was found to have been
orchestrated by Joe Hurst, the chairman of the Democratic Party in Quitman County.
Carter challenged the election result, which was confirmed fraudulent
in an investigation. Following this, another election was held, in which
Carter won against Moore as the sole Democratic candidate, with a vote
margin of 3,013 to 2,182.
1970 gubernatorial election, liberal former governor Carl Sanders became Carter's main opponent in the Democratic primary.
Carter was sworn in as the 76th governor of Georgia on January 12, 1971.
On December 12, 1974, Carter announced his presidential campaign at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
On July 15, 1976, Carter chose U.S. senator Walter Mondale as his running mate.
Jimmy Carter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This somber occasion was well planned and appear to give a brief tour of the City of Atlanta while preceding to it's destination ( The Carter Presidential Center) . As a citizen of this area (Metro Atlanta) , I realized that my visit was unique and historical in itself. Fore, it would allow me try and grasp the understanding of one man who served his people, the community and the World.
Jimmy Carter accomplished the following things:
* Became the 39th President of the United States of America
* Became the 76th Governor of the State of Georgia
* Became an Officer in the United States Navy, rank of lieutenant.
* Became a student in the United States Naval Academy
* Became a student at Georgia Institute of Technology
* Became a student at Georgia Southwestern College * Wrote 30 books that were Best Sellers
* 2002 Nobel Prize Winner
* a Great Grand Father during his life time
* Sunday School Teacher
* President Carter's dedication to eradicating Guinea worm disease (dracunculiasis)
* Educator at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia
Carter life story has inspired many through out the entire World ,fore it has been written in at least 158 languages.
For instance, did you not know that the Carter Presidential Center was located on the Hurt Family Plantation?
Augustus Hurt (1830-1921) was a prominent cotton broker in Atlanta, Georgia in the 1860s and 1870s. Hurt built a two-story, white-washed, wooden plantation house with a double porch on the crest of a hill in 1858. Hurt's family abandoned the house when the Civil War began and moved to a safer area. During the Battle of Atlanta, General Sherman used the house as a temporary headquarters. The house was later occupied by Dr. Shon and Thomas C. Howard, who ran the Clear Creek Distillery. Poncyhighland.org & Atlanta Freedom Trail
Augustus Fletcher Hurt was one of the Cotton Brokers in the 19th Century. He lived to be one of the oldest graduates of Emory College, now Emory University. At the age of 92, he was a member of the Class of 1851 at Emory College. He was the son of Joel Hurt and Martha Hurt. His Siblings consist of Joel Early Hurt; Mary Elizabeth Hurt and George McIntosh Troup Hurt.
According to Brown Brothers Harriman which was established over 200 years ago, the Cotton Belt which included the State of Georgia dominated the global economy in the early 19th century.
Once we arrived at the entrance to the Carter Presidential Center, we were directed by volunteers up a hill to tents maintain by Police Officers & Federal Government Officials. We were told to cut off our cellular phones and we could not take pictures beyond that point once we entered the facility.
Entering the doors, we literally step into the Museum of the 39th President Jimmy Earl Carter Jr. 1977 - 1981.
At the end of the tour or closing years as a President of the United States, we encountered the late President Jimmy Earl Carter Jr. remains placed in a casket covered by the American Flag and guarded by a Marine, Sailor, Soldier, Coast Guard and Air-force.
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Works Cited
Brown Brothers Harriman | Capital Partners, Investor Services
Headquarters: New York, NY
Founder: W. Averell Harriman
Subsidiaries: Brown Brothers Harriman (Luxembourg) S.C.A.
Founded: January 1, 1931, New York, NY
Georgia Historical Society
Augustus Hurt Plantation Marker
Identification of Markers found on Carter Presidential Center
Jimmy Earl Carter, Jr.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter
Written in 158 Languages
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