Rosalynn Carter to Be Celebrated on What Would Have Been Her 97th Birthday

Third annual Butterfly Daze continues for the first time in the former first lady’s absence.

Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter climbs the steps to her plane during a trip from Texas in September 1978. (Photo by Diana Walker/Getty Images)

The small town that founded its roots in cotton cultivation in the late 1800s and later, in peanut farming, is getting ready to pay tribute to one of its most prominent natives–former First Lady Rosalynn Carter—who helped put Plains, Georgia, on the map in her own way. 

Starting Friday, organizers from the Friends of Jimmy Carter will kick off the third annual Butterfly Daze, an event that, for the first time, extends over three days, commemorating the wife of former President Jimmy Carter, her legacy and her causes. The weekend festivities fall over what would have been Rosalynn Carter’s 97th birthday on Aug. 17 and marks the first time the event will be held since her death on Nov. 19, 2023. 

For a community with a population of nearly 600 people, event organizers hope people will be drawn to Plains to learn about the former first lady and the…