Headline Roundup • November 28th, 2023
Presidents, First Ladies Attend Memorial Service for Rosalynn Carter
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Presidents, first ladies, family and more gathered in Atlanta on Tuesday for the memorial service of Rosalynn Carter, wife of former President Jimmy Carter, who died last week at the age of 96.
Details: Jimmy Carter, 99, who entered hospice care in February, made a rare public appearance at the service, joined by President Joe Biden and former President Bill Clinton. First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, former first ladies Melania Trump, Michelle Obama, Laura Bush, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also attended.
Key Quotes: Carter’s grandson, Jason Carter, thanked the first ladies for attending the service during his tribute, stating, “thank you all for coming and acknowledging this remarkable sisterhood that you share with my grandmother. And thank you all for your leadership that you provided for our country and the world,” adding, “Secretary Clinton and Dr. Biden, we also welcome your lovely husbands.” James Earl “Chip” Carter III, Carter’s son, stated that his mother “was the glue that held our family together through the ups and downs and thicks and thins of our family’s politics,” adding, “She had met kings and queens, presidents, others in authority, powerful corporate leaders and celebrities. She said the people that she felt the most comfortable with and the people she enjoyed being with the most were those that lived in absolute abject poverty.”
How the Media Covered It: Outlets across the spectrum covered the service moderately, noting the rare public appearances of both Jimmy Carter and Melania Trump.
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Rosalynn Carter was memorialized Tuesday as a matriarch who felt most comfortable among the impoverished and vulnerable as she was mourned by a rare gathering of all living U.S. first ladies and multiple presidents, including her 99-year-old husband Jimmy Carter in the front row.
The tribute service marked the second day of a three-day schedule of public events celebrating the former first lady and global humanitarian who died Nov. 19 at home in Plains, Georgia, at the age of 96. Tributes began Monday in the Carters’ native Sumter County and...
Former first lady Rosalynn Carter’s grandson fondly remembered her as a public servant, fierce advocate for multiple causes and a woman who was “like everyone else’s grandma” during her memorial service in Georgia on Tuesday.
Jason Carter delivered one of many tributes to his late grandmother, eliciting laughter regularly during some of the lighter moments in the day’s proceedings, including when he acknowledged each of the living first ladies in the audience.
“Secretary Clinton, Mrs. Bush. Mrs. Obama, Mrs. Trump and Dr. Biden, thank you all for coming and acknowledging...
AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
Former President Jimmy Carter emerged from hospice care on Tuesday to pay tribute to his wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter.
The former first lady's tribute service was held in Atlanta, and Carter made the 150-mile journey from his hometown of Plains, Georgia, to be there for her.
Carter, 99, has been in hospice care since February.
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter were married for 77 years before she died last week, and they hold the record for the longest-married presidential couple.
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