Astronaut and Senator from Ohio, John Glenn visits Plains, Georgia where he is interviewed for US Vice President in 1976 by Jimmy Carter . They visit a Carter family cemetery near Archery, GA.


Pioneering astronaut and Senator from Ohio, John Glenn and his wife, Annie, visit with Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter in July 1976. Carter was interviewing Glenn for the position of Vice President as he prepared to become President of the United States in January, 1976. Carter and Glenn visited a family cemetery outside of Plains, Georgia and met with longtime Carter tenant farmer, Leonard Wright.


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Location: Plains, Georgia USA
Photo credit: © Ken Hawkins / Alamy / Afripics
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