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On Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday, a look through the decades: The Picture Show: NPR

On Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday, a look through the decades: The Picture Show: NPR

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Former President Jimmy Carter addresses the congregation at Maranatha Baptist Church before teaching Sunday School in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, in April 2019. After leaving the White House in 1981, he regularly taught Sunday school at church, drawing hundreds of people. of visitors arriving hours early to get a seat.

Former President Jimmy Carter addresses the congregation at Maranatha Baptist Church before teaching Sunday School in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, in April 2019. After leaving the White House in 1981, he regularly taught Sunday school at church, drawing hundreds of people. of visitors arriving hours early to get a seat.

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Jimmy Carter is 100 years old.

The 39th president, who has been in hospice care at home since February of last year, received birthday wishes from many, including President Biden, as well as a parade in his honor in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. anniversary took place in Atlanta in September.

Carter’s grandson Jason Carter told Georgia Public Broadcasting that the former president is limited in his daily activities, “but he is still emotionally active and paying attention to the world and having experiences that … are still worthwhile.”

Carter is the longest-living person to ever serve as president of the United States. To mark the occasion, NPR collected photos of notable events from his life and presidency.

Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin (from left), Carter and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat begin their second day of peace talks at Camp David, Maryland, in September 1978. The secret meetings during the presidential retreat resulted in the Camp David Accords, which created a framework for peace between Egypt and Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin (from left), Carter and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat begin their second day of peace talks at Camp David, Maryland, in September 1978. The secret meetings during the presidential retreat resulted in the Camp David Accords, which created a framework for peace between Egypt and Israel.

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Sadat (from left), Carter and Begin grab hands outside the White House on March 26, 1979, as they completed the signing of the Egypt-Israel peace treaty in Washington. Carter's efforts were the first major attempt by a modern American president to promote peace in the Middle East.

Sadat (from left), Carter and Begin grab hands outside the White House on March 26, 1979, as they completed the signing of the Egypt-Israel peace treaty in Washington. Carter’s efforts were the first major attempt by a modern American president to promote peace in the Middle East.

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US President Jimmy Carter speaks in front of solar panels on the roof of the West Wing of the White House and announces his solar energy policy, Washington, DC, USA, Warren K. Leffler, June 20, 1979. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/ Universal Image Group via Getty Images)

President Jimmy Carter speaks in front of solar panels installed on the roof of the West Wing of the White House on June 20, 1979. When the US faced an energy crisis in the 1970s, Carter called on Americans to conserve energy and expand the use of solar energy. current.

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(Original Caption) 4/1/1980 - Washington, DC - President Carter, speaking to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House, said the Iranian government's decision to take custody of the American hostages was as follows is:

Carter speaks to reporters in the Oval Office in April 1980 about the Iran hostage crisis. Student militants stormed the US embassy in Tehran in November 1979 and took more than 50 staffers hostage for 444 days. The crisis dominated headlines and led to Carter’s defeat in the 1980 election.

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MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 11: Former US President Jimmy Carter leaves a polling station on October 11, 2005 in Monrovia, Liberia. The Carter Center, founded by Carter to promote peace initiatives and health issues worldwide, is in Liberia to monitor the elections along with the National Democratic Institute. Liberia, ravaged by 13 years of savage civil war and two years of uncertain peace, held internationally supervised elections on October 11, a milestone after two years of military occupation by the United Nations. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

Carter leaves a polling station in Monrovia, Liberia, in October 2005. The Carter Center, founded by Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter in 1982, monitors elections around the world to promote fair and free voting.

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MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE: Former US President Jimmy Carter (L) takes notes on December 2, 2004 while listening to a translator during his observation visit to a polling station in Maputo, Mozambique. Mozambique's longtime president Joaquim Chissano expressed surprise on Thursday at the appalling turnout in the elections to choose his successor, blaming the poor showings for widespread illiteracy and ignorance of political systems. AFP PHOTO/MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should be MARCO LONGARI/AFP via Getty Images)

Carter takes notes while listening to a translator during an observation visit to a polling station in Maputo, Mozambique, in December 2004. The Carter Center says it has tracked 125 elections in 40 countries as of August 2024.

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Former President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter work at a Habitat for Humanity site in Atlanta, building homes for working poor people.

Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter work at a Habitat for Humanity site in Atlanta in 1988, building homes for people in need. For more than 35 years, they have volunteered for the organization one week a year.

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Carter participates in a Habitat for Humanity project in Washington, DC in October 2010

Carter participates in a Habitat for Humanity project in Washington, DC in October 2010

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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church, Sunday, November 3, 2019, in Plains, Georgia. (AP Photo/John Amis)

Carter teaches Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church in November 2019, in Plains, Georgia. He taught Sunday school regularly at church for decades.

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Jimmy Carter hugs his wife, Rosalynn, at his campaign headquarters in Atlanta in September 1966, when he was a Georgia state senator and running for governor. They were married for 77 years. She died in November.

Jimmy Carter hugs his wife, Rosalynn, at his campaign headquarters in Atlanta in September 1966, when he was a Georgia state senator and running for governor. They were married for 77 years. She died in November. “Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything I have ever accomplished,” he wrote in a statement. “She gave me wise guidance and encouragement when I needed it.”

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