A Brief One from Doug Draper at Niagara At Large
Posted November 28th, 2023
On this day of her memorial service and funeral, how sad it is to say a final farewell to former U.S. First Lady and humanitarian Rosalynn Carter.
She and her husband Jimmy Carter are among the most decent, honest and down-to-earth President and First Lady who ever inhabited the White House.
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter in Niagara Falls, Ontario, in summer of 1996. file photo, Niagara Falls Public Library
They visited Niagara, Ontario about two and a half decades ago and everyone I talked to who met them said they were beautiful people who would start anyconversation with locals by saying; “Just call us Jimmy and Rosalynn.’
Not surprising for a couple who were living in affordable housing during Jimmy Carter’s presidential run and who forbade the playing of ‘Hail to the Chief’ while they were in the White House.
They had solar panels placed on the roof of the White House however and were the the first President and First Lady to raise warnings about climate change. And that was back in the mid-to-late 1970s!
Compare that to the sorry likes of the Reagans and Trumps.
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Sarah and I had the incredible good fortune of having lunch with the President and Mrs. Carter many years ago at our Oban Inn in Niagara-on-the Lake. She was as amazing then as she was throughout her life (we both had daughters that were the topic of conversation). She will be sorely missed Gary B
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