Former President Jimmy Carter was eulogized by Steve Ford, the son of late President Gerald Ford, who shared a close friendship with Carter despite their political rivalry.
It is unusual for five current and former presidents to gather at the same event, but when it happens, it is often at a funeral.
In November 2010, former President Jimmy Carter visited my office in the White House, where I had just taken up the post of national security adviser. It was a reunion of sorts: at age 22, I had begun my career working for Carter,
Presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford may have started as political rivals, but they formed a tight bond behind the scenes, a former White House staffer tells PEOPLE. Their connection would span dec
Former President Jimmy Carter passed away at the age of 100 on Sunday ... And he might have seen the twilight coming — two years after Watergate and Richard Nixon’s resignation — in his surprisingly narrow victory over Nixon’s appointed successor ...
The events started on Saturday at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center where Secret Service began their motorcade to Atlanta. Carter’s body will lie in repose from Saturday to early Tuesday.
The day of mourning will be held on the same day as Mr. Carter’s funeral at Washington National Cathedral. President Biden will deliver a eulogy at the funeral, and a eulogy written by Gerald R. Ford, who died in 2006, will be read by his son Steven Ford.
Jimmy Carter, a U.S. president who served only one term but was widely admired for his humanitarian work after leaving the White House, was remembered during his state funeral on Thursday as a man who put honesty and kindness above partisan politics.
President Jimmy Carter shakes hands with the crowd after delivering an address at Wait Chapel concerning the Soviet threat, March 17, 1978. To the right of Carter is Fifth District Congressman Steve Neal. More than 50 years after filling out his ballot, Jimmy Walker freely admits it.
It was hard to overlook the similarities between the two presidencies as Joe Biden eulogized his longtime friend Jimmy Carter.
Former President Jimmy Carter was eulogized by Steve Ford, the son of late President Gerald Ford, who shared a close friendship with Carter despite their political rivalry.