Former Pres. Jimmy Carter reaches historic 100th birthday

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00:00He may have the unenviable distinction of being among the one-term presidents but the

00:04former peanut farmer from Plains, Georgia is also the most successful ex-president in

00:09uplifting the lives of millions worldwide and the only one in the history of the union

00:14to reach the age of 100.

00:16Bway's Kane Faribault tells us more.

00:23It was a celebration fit for a centenary.

00:32The Fox Theater in Atlanta hosted dozens of musical acts and thousands of guests for a

00:36concert celebrating the 100th birthday of Georgia's former governor and U.S. President

00:44Jimmy Carter.

00:45And it's a way to be together and I think that is who he is fundamentally.

00:48Jason Carter believes the concert, featuring some performers who campaigned for his grandfather

00:53in the 1970s, is a unifying and bipartisan way to celebrate what one documentary film

01:02director calls the rock and roll president.

01:05That brings people together across geographies, across culture, across any sort of racial

01:09dividing lines.

01:10I mean, you'll have Democrats, Republicans in here tonight.

01:12One person noticeably absent from the celebration was Jimmy Carter himself.

01:17He remains in hospice care at his home, a town 240 kilometers south of Atlanta.

01:22It's a 600 person village in the middle of nowhere.

01:25And all of his other work at the end of the road in Africa has been in those same kinds

01:29of 600 person villages.

01:31And he feels a kinship there.

01:32He feels a connection there.

01:33And I think the way that he marks this moment is by being at home.

01:37Jimmy Carter celebrates his historic birthday milestone quietly at his home here in Plains,

01:42Georgia, where on October 1st, 1924, Lillian Carter gave birth to the first U.S. president

01:49born in a hospital.

01:50But the only reason he was born in a hospital was because his mother was working that day.

01:55Jill Stuckey is a Carter family friend who serves as superintendent of the Jimmy Carter

01:59National Historical Park, which includes his preserved Depression-era boyhood farm, the

02:04old Plains High School where he studied, and the railroad depot that he converted into

02:09his campaign headquarters in his successful 1976 White House bid.

02:13Of course, a lot of them head straight to peanut butter ice cream.

02:16Stuckey says Plains celebrates their famous neighbor every day.

02:20But this historic birthday is marked by serving others.

02:23We're naturalizing 100 new citizens in his honor.

02:28Carter's milestone is a bittersweet occasion in Plains.

02:31It's the first spent without his wife, Rosalynn, who passed away last November.

02:35Seventy-seven and a half years of marriage to be without your soulmate, you know, it's

02:40very, very tough times.

02:41The birthday celebration, which began at the Fox Theater in September and ends in Plains

02:46October 1st, brought Carter's large extended family together, including his great-grandson,

02:52Charlie Carter.

02:53You'll probably never be to a bigger birthday party, right?

02:57No.

02:58Maybe it's 101.

03:02Carter also holds the record for the longest post-presidential career.

03:06Since departing the White House in 1981, he and his wife founded the Atlanta-based global

03:11nonprofit Carter Center, which fights neglected tropical diseases, promotes peaceful conflict

03:16resolution, and monitors elections around the world.

03:20Causes which led him to be awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize.

03:25Cain Fairbaugh, VOA News, Plains, Georgia.

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