The Nation: BOUND FOR FUN-AND GLORY

Turner's hardware store had sold out its 50 pairs of long Johns. In nearby Americus, almost all the long dresses at Mailory 's had been snatched up. Jimmy Carter's neighbors from Plains and environs were ready for the trip to Washington. Along for the ride was TIME Correspondent George Taber. His report:

"Behave yourself now," Jimmy Carter admonished his high school classmate Virginia Williams in front of the white clapboard railroad depot. "And if you get in trouble, don't call me." Then Virginia, her husband Frank and 380 other Plains folk boarded the 18...

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