Christmas in Plains!
Celebrate the season with warmth, community, and the charm of a small-town Christmas. Plains, GA, is the perfect place to experience the joy of the holidays.
November 30, 2024 - Christmas In Plains - Downtown Plains, GA
December 1, 2024 - Community Christmas Sing - Plains High School
December 12, 2024 - Plains Sweet Stems Sip-n-Shop - Maranatha Baptist Church
December 22, 2024 - David Osborne Christmas Concert - 130 Main St., Plains, GA
President Carter Turns 100!
Some of President Carter’s notable friends from the fields of music and government send President Carter a special birthday greeting to celebrate this historic milestone!
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Jimmy Carter 100th T-Shirts
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Plains, GA
Come discover a world of southern charm in Plains, Georgia, population 716. Nestled inside the rural spaciousness of deep Southwestern Georgia, our quaint hometown is known around the world for the annual Plains Peanut Festival and as the historic home of 2002 Nobel Peace Prize winner and 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter. Come visit us for an experience with Plains, Peanuts, and a President!
President Carter’s 100th Birthday in his hometown of Plains, Georgia!
Happy Birthday, Mister President … Celebrating 100 Years of Jimmy Carter in Plains is a concert celebration of a lifetime. Featuring music by David Osborne, Sandi Patty, Brent Cobb, Cindy Morgan, and Andrew Greer, plus VIP events with Presidential Descendants, Plains folks and family all to celebrate our hometown son. More information can be found here.
"A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained."
- Jimmy Carter
Visit Plains
Plan your visit to historic Plains, Georgia, home of the 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter! Find out what you will discover in our small piece of history.
Who We Are
We’d love for you to come visit us in Plains, Georgia. But first, here’s a little about who we are.
"I have one life and one chance
to make it count for something."
- Jimmy Carter
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr., 39th President of the United States, was a very unique leader who brought about change, compassion and a belief that a government is only as good as its people. He was the first President to be born in a hospital on October 1, 1924, in the small rural town of Plains, Georgia. He later moved to a farm in the community of Archery at age 4 and spent most of his time working and playing with the African American children whose families were the bulk of the community of Archery. Living and working with the families in Archery, he saw segregation first hand and noticed that the lives of the African American families were drastically different from the lives of the white families in the area. The lessons he learned in Archery had an influence on his life from a young age.
From the time he spent in the Navy to his post-presidential years, Jimmy Carter's life shows his dedication to public service. This dedication is no more evident than the fact that he is one of four presidents to have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and the only one who received it after he left office. His dedication to human and civil rights is another example of his dedication to public service. He and Mrs. Rosalynn have traveled around the world and have seen the pain and suffering of others.
NOTE: Bio taken from the NPS.gov website: https://www.nps.gov/jica/learn/historyculture/people.htm
