Today, we start the trek home. We headed for Atlanta to have a stop at the
Carter Library. What was surprising was how quickly Carter rose in politics,
after he figured out that he could make a bigger contribution to the world by
being a politician rather a naval officer. He ran for State Senate and won,
serving two terms, then ran for Governor lost the first time, but won the
second. And from there ran for President in 1976. His biggest accomplishments
were the Israel-Egypt peace accord. This accord was
negotiated at Camp David without Menachem Begin or Anwar Sadat ever negotiating
directly over the course of 12 Days. He also negotiated for the return of the
Iranian captives, which happened on the day Regan became President.
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Camp David Peace Accord |
Of course,
his biggest accomplishments were after his Presidency. The Carter Center
started by encouraging and monitoring free elections in new democracies, worked
to cure the common illnesses in 3rd world countries, and helped with
relief efforts in these same countries. For this work, Carter received the
Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Nobel Peace Prize. In the evening, we had
dinner with Bob and Lisa Biagoni in downtown Roswell, GA. They really have a
nice downtown with lots of restaurants. Bob and I were both EE students at
Illinois Tech and fraternity brothers. (The only fraternity brother with whom I
still have regular communication.) We stayed that night at the Atlanta-Marietta
RV Park. This is an older park with very small sites and poor WiFi.
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Presidential Medal of Freedom for the Carters |
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