Carter made Tri-State stop in 1980 election campaign The nation paid its respects on Thursday to Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States. Carter died at his home in Plains, Georgia on Dec.

Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, will be eulogized at a state funeral Thursday at the National Cathedral and later by private family services and interment in Plains, Georgia.

Nanda Pethiyagoda While the USA is respectfully giving its 39th President a state funeral in Washington DC and a final internment in Plains, Georgia, President-elect Donald Trump is threateningly shooting his mouth to Denmark over his claim for Greenland;

Plains, Ga., joins a collection of other small towns known for their part in presidential history. That can provide a steady source of tourism.

When he showed up at the Chicago Tribune one day in early 1976, James Earl Carter, Jr., was announced by one of our young newsroom copy clerks as “that governor from Georgia who thinks he can run for president.

Carter served one term before losing re-election in 1980 to Ronald Reagan, his bid hobbled ... in the tiny Sumter County town of Plains in southwest Georgia, where he grew up on a peanut farm.

Georgia.Related video above: Washington heightens security ahead of Trump's inaugurationBoth President Joe Biden, a Democrat, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, directed that U.S. flags ...