Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter's Decades-Long Love Story

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter shared a love story that redefined the concept of a “partnership.” Married for 77 years, 4 months, and 12 days, they hold the record for the longest marriage of any U.S. presidential couple. Their bond was forged in the small town of Plains, Georgia, where they met when Jimmy was just three years old and Rosalynn was a newborn. The Foundation of a Lifetime Their romantic journey began in 1945 when Jimmy, a midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy, asked Rosalynn to a movie.

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