You’re exactly the same man that I met 50 years ago – always honest, always faithful and always the patriot. You have legions of friends around the world – and here’s a Happy Birthday! from one of them. May there be many more!

Plains, Georgia – Election Night 1976. Carter cousin Betty Pope reacts as President-elect Jimmy Carter holds a newspaper with the headline “Carter Wins” as he celebrates with crowds filling the streets of tiny Plains, Georgia.