I checked briefly, but couldn't find a previous diary on this. But today is Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter's 60th aniverary. Jimmy and son Jack have been marvelous friends of this site, and I think it's up to us to wish them a glorious day.
They are apparently spending the day at home in
Plains.
The Carters grew up near each other in Plains and began dating in 1945 when Jimmy Carter was home on a break from the U.S. Naval Academy.
They were married the next year. They traveled frequently in the early years of their marriage as Carter pursued his career in the Navy, until returning to Plains in 1953.
In a recent interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the former president said the couple's relationship today is different from the early years of their marriage, when he often made decisions -- including retiring from the Navy and running for state Senate -- without consulting his wife.
"I was embarrassingly dominant in those days," he told the newspaper.
He called such unilateral moves "almost inconceivable" now. By DOUG GROSS, Associated Press Writer
Jack, if you see this before your dad, please wish him our best.