PEOPLE: President Jimmy Carter begin hospice care at home on Saturday February 18, 2023
AGN.News Team
February 18, 2023
ATLANTA (AGN.News) – America’s beloved former President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, has been admitted into hospice care at his Plains, Georgia home.
On February 18, 2023, it was announced that Carter would be receiving home hospice care. The statement, published by the Carter Center, read the following:
After a series of short hospital stays, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter today decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care at home.
He wanted to spend time with family instead of additional medical intervention. He has the full support of his family and his medical team. The Carter family asks for privacy during this time and is grateful for the concern shown by his many admirers.
Jimmy Carter: The 39th U.S. President
James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American retired politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981.
As a member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975 and as a Georgia state senator from 1963 to 1967.
Since leaving office, Carter has remained engaged in political and social projects, receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his humanitarian work.
President Carter honored this month
The U.S. Navy has renamed Maury Hall, a building at the Naval Academy to honor former President Jimmy Carter.
Maury Hall has been renamed Carter Hall, according to a news release on Friday. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro said this followed a vote by Congress to identify and remove names connected to the Confederacy from U.S. military facilities.
For a lifetime of loyal service to his country, President Carter will be honored for generations by loyal Americans and their loyal American friends.
In 1982, Carter established the Carter Center, aimed at promoting and expanding human rights. In 2002, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in co-founding the Center.
Who is Matthew Fontaine Maury?
Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873) was an American oceanographer and naval officer, serving the United States and then joining the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
With the outbreak of the American Civil War, Maury, a Virginian, resigned his commission as a U.S. Navy commander and joined the Confederacy.
He spent the war in the South, as well in Great Britain and France as an envoy of the Confederacy. He helped the Confederacy acquire a ship that would be used to kill American sailors.
His pro-slavery stance could not be erased. His actions as a Confederate navy officer mark him as a traitor to his country. He used the knowledge given him in the U.S. Navy to kill Americans as a Confederate.
Maury name removed for just cause
After the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, and the decision by Congress to find bases and U.S. military installations named after Confederates, to be removed.
Buildings on several college campuses are named in his honor. Maury Hall was the home of the Naval Science Department at the University of Virginia and headquarters of the University’s Navy ROTC battalion, until being renamed in 2022.
These installations would be renamed after loyal Americans and removing the names of those who turned against the country.
Maury Hall housed the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and the Robotics and Control Engineering Department at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
James Madison University also has a Maury Hall, the university’s first academic and administrative building. In the wake of the 2020 George Floyd protests, JMU student organizations called for renaming the building.
On Monday, June 22, 2020, hearing the calls of students and alumni, the university president announced it would recommend to the JMU board of visitors to rename Maury Hall, along with Ashby Hall and Jackson Hall.
JMU renaming historic buildings
In 2020, JMU’s Board of Visitors approved the renaming of three historic buildings on the quad that were named in honor of three prominent Virginian Confederate soldiers:
Ashby Hall (named after Turner Ashby), Maury Hall (named after Matthew Fontaine Maury), and Jackson Hall (named after Stonewall Jackson). They were given the temporary names of Valley, Mountain and Justice Studies Halls respectively.
In 2021, the halls were approved and given new names. Mountain Hall (Maury Hall) was renamed Gabbin Hall after Drs. Joanne V. and Alexander Gabbin, professors at JMU for more than 35 years.
Valley Hall (Ashby Hall) was renamed Harper Allen-Lee Hall after Doris Harper Allen and Robert Walker Lee, both notable former staff members at JMU.
Justice Studies Hall (Jackson Hall) was renamed Darcus Johnson Hall after Dr. Sheary Darcus Johnson, the first Black student to graduate at JMU.
In late 2021, ISAT-CS was renamed King Hall in honor of Charlie King’s retirement from his position as senior vice president for administration and finance at JMU.
Richmond removed stature of Maury
On July 2, 2020, the mayor of Richmond ordered the removal of a statue of Maury erected in 1929 on Richmond’s Monument Avenue. The mayor used his emergency powers to bypass a state-mandated review process, calling the statue a “severe, immediate and growing threat to public safety.”
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