While his home was always in the small Georgia town, Atlanta gave him the opportunities to cement a political and humanitarian legacy.

The state funeral began Saturday in Americus, Georgia and proceeded to Carter's hometown of Plains before the motorcade traveled to Atlanta for a ceremony at the Carter Center. On Tuesday, Carter's remains arrived in Washington, D.C., where he lied in ...

Former President Jimmy Carter may have only served one term as governor, but he left his mark in many ways before leaving for Washington, even literally. With a pencil, Carter signed the desk in the governor’s ceremonial office,

The official state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter has concluded and the 39th President of the United States will begin the journey to his hometown of Plains, Ga.

The state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter will conclude on Thursday with services in Washington, D.C. and his hometown of Plains, Georgia.

Michael Tropp has met seven presidents and visited all 39 presidential gravesites. This presidential history buff just paid his respects to Jimmy Carter.

Jimmy Carter, who considered himself an outsider even as he sat in the Oval Office as the 39th U.S. president, will be honored Thursday with the pageantry of a funeral at Washington National Cathedral before a second service and burial in his tiny Georgia hometown.

In Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter’s hometown of Plains, Georgia, there will be a new reminder of the renowned legacy of former President and late First Lady Rosalynn Carter: an eponymous post office.

I had relatives in Atlanta, so I had an interest in hearing what the man ... It is important to remember Carter’s accomplishments. The man from Plains, Georgia, was honored with a funeral service. We can all take a lesson from his fine example.

"Renaming the post office in Plains, Georgia, in honor of President Jimmy ... is currently lying in repose at The Carter Center in Atlanta. His journey will continue on Jan. 7, when his body ...

ATLANTA — The mythology of Jimmy Carter begins and ends in Plains, the small Georgia town that raised him and kept drawing him back. Yet roughly 150 miles away is Atlanta, a city just as ...

If you're looking to avoid the Atlanta crowds on your Georgia vacation, this peaceful mountain town offers a variety of activities to check out.