Apart from capturing Carter's unmistakable smile, the 13-foot roadside statue also references the former president’s background as a peanut farmer in Plains, Georgia, where he returned after his single term in the White House.
In Jimmy Carter’s hometown of Plains, Georgia, a giant roadside statue of a peanut bearing the former president's toothy grin draws carloads of tourists, but for those living in the camper park directly behind it, the enormous caricature signifies home.
Apart from capturing Carter's unmistakable smile, it also references his background as a peanut farmer in the small town, where he returned after his single term in the White House . The grinning nut, located along Highway 45, recently got a facelift: A fresh coat of paint was applied last Sunday, a day after the 98-year-old Carter announced he would spend his"remaining time" at home and forego additional medical treatment.
"We were trying to find the campground and they explained it to us: When you see the big peanut, that's where you turn," said the 59-year-old retired schoolteacher, originally from Texas.Liscotti, who is in her late 60s, spends time in the park when she comes to visit an uncle in Plains.She says"there's no mistaking" Carter's smile, and that her uncle"used the peanut for me as a reference" the first time she came to the site.
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