J. Edgar Hoover became the federal government's top cop. Ellis Island was curtailed as a portal for immigrants to the United States. France hosted the first Winter Olympics. And a baby in rural Georgia became the first future American president born in a hospital.
The year was 1924, and that tiny fellow in Plains was James Earl Carter Jr., known as "Jimmy" from the start.
Rose joined a few thousand well-wishers who wrote birthday cards that will be taken to Carter's home in Plains. He has been in hospice care since February, spending time his wife, Rosalynn, who is 96 and suffering from dementia, and other family members. Carter is the longest-lived U.S. president ever. Rosalynn Carter trails only Bess Truman, who died at 97, as the longest-lived first lady.
Now, the pair is reading together a comprehensive Carter biography, "His Very Best" by Jonathan Alter, which is among several recent books and documentaries that reassess Carter as more than a failed president who rehabilitated himself as a global humanitarian through his work at The Carter Center. "The details get lost," Zach K said. "I think his focus on diplomacy and peace should be admired. We need more of that now."
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