America’s final salute for former President Jimmy Carter began Saturday with a solemn tribute to the 39th president outside his family’s farm as the old farm bell rang 39 times in his honor.
Carter died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. He served in the U.S. Navy for seven years before working on the family farm and running for office in Georgia, winning the governorship in 1970. Carter, a Democrat, was elected to the White House in 1976 and served a single term.
“We will have many opportunities to pay tribute to my grandfather,” said Jason Carter, the former president’s grandson and chair of the Carter Center, during a service in Atlanta…