President Jimmy Carter
The above was taken by me when he was in Boxboro, Massachusetts four months after winning the Presidential election. There was a lot of news about his prior visit, first to a Clinton, MA church for a town hall meeting in the evening of March 15th and the next day at the Sheraton Boxboro motel. My sister hoped to see him, so we drove 40 minutes to get there and joined a small gathering of people. Once inside the great hall, everybody began chanting his name. I managed to get very close, but the press had the clout to get in front of me. I remember they had to get a chair for him. I think it was a spur-of-the-moment decision to meet the public before his official meeting.
Sorry about the blur, but I was a bit nervous. Later that year, I was working in Washington, DC, a block away from the White House and I saw him a few times at the lighting of the National Christmas Tree.
The below photo is by a professional and was used in the local paper.
Photos taken on March 16, 1977 in Boxboro, Massachusetts
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