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Plains, Georgia names new street for Rosalynn Carter

PLAINS, Ga. — Rosalynn Carter got a new honor this weekend with a new street named after her.

The former first lady was on hand for the ceremony in Plains, Georgia where they named the road that stretches past her childhood home: the Rosalynn Carter Trail.

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A street in Plains, GA is named for Rosalynn Carter just two days after her 94th birthday.

Posted by Jimmy Carter Presidential Library on Friday, August 20, 2021

The honor comes just a couple days after her 94th birthday.

Rosalynn wasn’t done there - she later volunteered with Second Harvest, Maranatha Baptist Church, students from Georgia South Western State University with a food drive.