Honoring, recognizing, and congratulating President Jimmy Carter for his historic 100th birthday.

Honoring, recognizing, and congratulating President Jimmy Carter for his historic 100th birthday. WHEREAS, James Earl Carter, Jr. was born October 1, 1924 in Plains, Georgia to World War I veteran James Earl Carter, Sr. and Lillian Carter; and WHEREAS, The first U.S. President born in a hospital, Carter had a rural upbringing, working as a peanut farmer in his teens. Generations of Carters worked the land as cotton farmers, and the Carter moved several times in his infancy, often living alongside and befriending African American families in his youth; and WHEREAS, In 1941, Carter graduated from Plains High School and enrolled at Georgia Southwestern College to study engineering. He transferred to the Georgia Institute of Technology the next year with dreams of attending the United States Naval Academy. After graduating from Georgia Tech as an ROTC cadet, Carter received an appointment to the Naval Academy from Congressman Stephen Pace; and WHEREAS, While at the Naval Academy, Carter met his future wife, Rosalynn Smith, through his sister, Ruth. After graduating 60th out of 821 in his class in 1947, Carter married Rosalynn Smith; and WHEREAS, Carter was commissioned as an Ensign and joined the U.S. Navy’s nuclear submarine program, traveling across the country for his Atlantic and Pacific deployments while studying nuclear power academically; and WHEREAS, After serving in the U.S. Navy for seven years, Carter returned to Plains, Georgia to take over his family’s peanut farm af…