Former President Carter and Wife Celebrate 75th Wedding Anniversary... Longest-Married Presidential Couple in US History

▲Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter [Image source=AP Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kwon Jae-hee] Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn will celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary on the 7th (local time).

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on the 4th (local time), former President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn will hold a modest 75th wedding anniversary event with acquaintances in their hometown of Plains, Georgia.

President Carter is 96 years old this year, and Rosalynn is 93, making them the longest-married presidential couple in U.S. history.

The presidential couple who follows them is former President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush. They were married for 73 years and 102 days, but Barbara passed away first in April 2018.

President Carter and Rosalynn were married on July 7, 1946, at a small church in Plains. Carter was 21 years old, a junior officer who had just graduated from the Naval Academy, and Rosalynn was an 18-year-old girl who had just graduated from high school.

In an interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution two years ago, Rosalynn said, "I visited the home of my friend Ruth (President Carter's younger sister) and fell in love at first sight when I saw a photo of my husband by the bedside."

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She added, "My husband, who was a Naval Academy cadet, took the opportunity to attend a church meeting during his leave and asked me out on a date."

President Carter recalled, "The day after our first date, I told my mother that I wanted to marry Rosalynn."

Rosalynn supported her husband during his terms as governor of Georgia and as president. She was also with him during his cancer battle and recovery in 2015.

After retiring, the Carters established the Carter Center in 1982 and have worked to promote democracy and improve human rights worldwide.

The Carters have refrained from outside activities since the COVID-19 pandemic but are reportedly attending church again recently.

Jason Carter, their grandson and chairman of the Carter Center, said, "The two have been partners for 75 years, sharing each other's lives and health."

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