Jimmy Carter’s family home will be donated to National Park Service
PLAINS, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - The home of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter in Plains, Georgia, will eventually be donated to the National Park Service, grandson Jason Carter said in a recent interview with Southern Living.
The Carters lived in their home since 1961. Once donated, visitors will be allowed to visit the property. It is unclear whether the home will be open to guests.
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Jimmy Carter’s condition hasn’t changed much since he entered hospice care more than one year ago, grandson Jason Carter said in a recent interview with Southern Living.
“It is such an American story... to go to Plains and see the house that my grandparents built and lived in for all their time and came home to after being president,” Jason Carter said in the interview. “It really tells a remarkable story of what people can be brought forward by our politics. It is a really incredible story to go from that little town to the White House and back again.”
Jimmy Carter, 99, is nearing his 16th month in hospice and has long since sured the record for the oldest living former U.S. president.
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