HAPPY 100 BIRTHDAY

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centenarian, Jimmy Carter is the longest-lived president in U.S. history and the first president to live to 100 years of age.

James Earl Carter Jr. was born October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia, at the Wise Sanitarium, where his mother worked as a registered nurse. Carter thus became the first American president born in a hospital. He is the eldest child of Bessie Lillian Gordy and James Earl Carter Sr., and a descendant of English immigrant Thomas Carter, who settled in the Colony of Virginia in 1635. In Georgia, numerous generations of Carters worked as cotton farmers. Plains was a boomtown of 600 people at the time of Carter's birth. His father was a successful local businessman who ran a general store and was an investor in farmland. Carter's father had previously served as a reserve second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps during World War

The following two organization are the only ones older than POUTUS Carter

A concert and 30 new homes mark Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday and long legacy of giving

https://apnews.com/article/jimmy-carter-100th-habitat-philanthropy-1bd1…

Former US president Jimmy Carter celebrates 100th birthday

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-us-president-jimmy-carter-celeb…

Jimmy Carter and his hometown of Plains celebrate the 39th president’s 100th birthday

https://apnews.com/article/jimmy-carter-100th-birthday-1e540c277dea07bd…

I first met Jimmy Carter as a political candidate and then covered his presidency. His term was drought with difficulties, but he endured to not only live longer than any other president, but to represent the values of an elder statesman.