We are a Blue Star Museum! Starting this Saturday (May 16) through Labor Day (September 7), active duty military and up to five family members will receive free admission to our museum by showing a valid military ID. We are open Monday-Saturday from 9:30am-4:30pm.
October 13 marked the 250th birthday of the U.S. Navy. We want to thank the crew of the USS Jimmy Carter for making this video to honor the history of the Navy and President Carter's remarkable naval career. #Navy250 #CarterLibrary #PresidentialLibrary @usnavy
Are you interested in looking at Presidential records and beyond in our research library? Take a look at our FAQ page before emailing us at [email protected] to schedule an appointment! #archives #CarterLibrary #PresidentialLibrary
https://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/research/research-frequently-asked-questions
Join us in person on June 17 at 7pm ET as we hear from Jeff Dingler and Brigette Jones on their new book, Images of America: Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area. Learn about the communities and history that help make up Atlanta’s vibrant and beautiful culture. This is the first book to tell the story of Arabia Mountain and surrounding communities such as Lithonia and Flat Rock. Jeff and Brigette will discuss the grassroots creation of the book, which contains more than 200 historic images, many never before published.
Happy to report that our very first Storyfest was a big success! 🎉📚
We started on the beautiful front lawn of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library with some songs and a storytime with author Katrina Moore reading her springtime book, HOPE IS A HOP. 🐰🌷
Then we paraded down the Freedom Park Trail with our Storyfest banner, trumpet music 🎶, and a StoryWalk® of @oge_mora 's book, THANK YOU, OMU, a beautiful story about sharing, giving, and coming together as a community. 💕🥣 (Thank you, Ms. Isabel, @fulcolibrary , and @friendsofponce for the StoryWalk®!)
We finished our day on our preschool playground, which had transformed into a magical place filled with all sorts of storytelling! 🎉🎨🎤🎸🎺📚 (AND bubbles! Balloons! Pizza! Oh, my!)
It was a perfect day to celebrate community, connection, and storytelling! 🥰
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Today is #InternationalNursesDay! We love honoring Miss Lillian Gordy Carter for her amazing work around the world. Starting her career as a registered nurse at Wise Sanitarium in Plains, Georgia, she would go on to treat many of the local residents independently, and often free of charge (or charging only nominal fees like cornmeal) in order to ensure money was not a barrier to healthcare. At age 70, Miss Lillian joined the Peace Corps to help run a clinic in Vikhroli, India.
Today, the very hospital in Plains where she started (and where Jimmy Carter became the first president born in a hospital) is named after her.
To all the nurses around the world, thank you for all you do! You truly make the world a better place.
We are very excited to welcome @freedom250 Freedom Truck to the Carter Library this week! This mobile Museum opened up today and will be available until Friday, so come check it out! Free and open to the public from 9am-5pm daily.
Happy Mother’s Day to all of the strong women out there holding it all together! These two ladies certainly knew a thing or two about raising strong-willed and ambitious children! Allie Smith (Rosalynn’s mother) and Lillian Carter (Jimmy’s mother) sit in rocking chairs. What do you think they were chatting about?
Join us June 10 at 7:00pm as award-winning author, Beverly Gage, discusses her new book This Land is Your Land. Books will be available for purchase onsite through Charis Books and can be signed by the author following the event. Just in time for America’s 250th anniversary, this road trip through America will inspire everybody to look closer at our nation’s history and see where we fit into it.
Time for our new Book Club pick! The Carter Library will be meeting on June 3 at 7:00pm ET to discuss Our Endangered Values by President Jimmy Carter. As always, these events are free and open to the public. Please register on our website for full details and the meeting link.
Today we honor the life and legacy of an Atlanta legend, Ted Turner.
As a lifelong fan of the Atlanta Braves, Jimmy Carter developed a close friendship with Turner over the years, often attending games alongside him at Atlanta’s various ballparks. In this photo, President Carter is pictured with his mother, Miss Lillian, at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.
Turner was also a dedicated supporter of the The Carter Center and its global mission. Before the Braves’ game against San Francisco on September 15, 1997, he presented President Carter with this signed jersey commemorating 15 years of the Carter Center “Waging Peace” around the world.
While we mourn the loss of an extraordinary figure, Ted Turner’s impact on Atlanta, and far beyond, will continue to be felt for generations to come.
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A televised Bill Moyers interview with candidate Jimmy Carter aired on Moyers’ show “USA: People and Politics” on 5/6/1976. The segment would go on to win a Peabody Award. You can watch it on the AmericanArchive.org website at no cost! #Carter50
Images screencapped from video of interview.
