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Rosalynn Carter to be Remembered in Inaugural Wreath-laying Ceremony

Organizations to honor former first lady next month on what would be her 98th birthday.

Jul 28, 2025
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Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter speaks at a Mental Health Symposium. (Credit: The Carter Center)

The National First Ladies Day Commission and The Society of Presidential Descendants will honor and remember former First Lady Rosalynn Carter’s birthday on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, with an inaugural wreath-laying ceremony at 10 a.m. local time at the Carter Gardens and Burial Site in Plains, Georgia. Mrs. Carter died at age 96 on Nov. 19, 2023, and would have turned 98 on Aug. 18.

Several presidential descendants will be present for the event. A short ceremony will commence that morning to remember the former first lady. The Carter Gardens and Burial Site, where the Carters’ graves are located, was designed by Rosalynn Carter and is operated by the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend.

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