• Jimmy Carter's 1976 Campaign Headquarters at the Plains Depot.

    Jimmy Carter

    National Historic Site Georgia

A Rural Beginning

Few U.S. Presidents have had such close ties with where they were born and raised. The rural southern culture of Plains, Georgia, that revolves around farming, church and school, had a large influence in molding the character and in shaping the political policies of the 39th President of the United States.

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President and Rosalynn Carter on inaugural walk to White House.

Jimmy Carter was the first president to walk from the Capitol to the White House in the parade following the swearing in ceremony in 1977.