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The next time you’re marveling at the ruins at Sweetwater Creek State Park in Lithia Springs or standing in awe of the place known as “Georgia’s Little Grand Canyon," you might want to whisper a simple “thank you" to President Jimmy Carter.

Carter’s impulse to heal and seek peace was evident on his second day in office, when he pardoned all who had left the country to evade the Vietnam War draft. He went on to conclude the historic Camp David Accords and a later treaty bringing peace and establishing diplomatic relations between Israel and Egypt.

Jimmy Carter liked to eat at the Pit Stop in Thomaston, Ga. That was where the future president met a boy who would grow up to be a state trooper.

In his announcement speech for his presidential run, in 1974, Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter said there were things he would not do to become President: "I would not tell a lie. I would not mislead ...

Former President Jimmy Carter's close friends included the likes of Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and the Allman brothers.

In Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter’s hometown of Plains, Georgia, there will be a new reminder of the renowned legacy of former President and late First Lady Rosalynn Carter: an eponymous post office.

The nation’s farewell to former President Jimmy Carter began Saturday in his home state of Georgia, launching six days of memorial events for the 39th president. The Carter family, joined by crowds of mourners,

Carter's is the only signature in pencil. On country roads leading to Atlanta, people across Georgia paid their respects to the late president and former governor Jimmy Carter. Images posted to ...

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and Atlanta Mayor Andre ... to set a standard for what former presidents can accomplish. Jimmy Carter, who delivered the center's annual reports until 2019, won the ...

When former President Jimmy Carter was governor of Georgia, he made preserving the state's natural beauty a priority. Carter created the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and made "Georgia's ...