Legacy

 As we honor the life and legacy of James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, our 39th president, it's interesting to note...

Because his mother, the redoubtable Lillian Gordy Carter, was a nurse working in a sanitarium in Plains, GA in 1924, Jimmy became the first president born in a hospital. 

And when he was graduated from Plains High School in 1941, he did so as a junior, because Plains High had no twelfth grade.

After attending two colleges in Georgia for a brief time, he received the appointment to the US Naval Academy that he had long desired. His naval career coincided with the dawn of the atomic age, and he was among the first to deal with nuclear submarines and power plants.

And that must have been fascinating to a man who grew up in rural America without electricity or running water!

It's true, he was not the most successful president, but he stands above them all in terms of service to humanity. I'm glad he's back to being alongside his wonderful wife Rosalynn again.