From Carter’s funeral, an American snapshot: A singular image, 5 presidents, 379 years of history
Associated PressLook at their faces — formal, etched with experience, laden with the weight of momentous decisions. Inside Washington National Cathedral on Thursday, the five men who have occupied the Oval Office since 1993 convened for a rare moment together at Jimmy Carter’s state funeral. That aura — and the fact that many have hardly been ideological kindred spirits — is what makes images like those at Carter’s service so extraordinary. It reinforces the notion that Abraham Lincoln spoke of so many years ago — “government of the people, by the people, for the people.” “The power of regular people,” Carter’s grandson, Jason Carter, said in his eulogy. Stuart Eizenstat, a longtime Carter friend and adviser, had this to say about the 39th president at the service, but it probably works for all the commanders in chief in attendance: “He may not be a candidate for Mount Rushmore, but he belongs in the foothills.” ___ Ted Anthony, director of new storytelling and newsroom innovation, writes frequently about American culture.
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