Their walk paid tribute to the one Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter took on his inauguration day back in 1977. Per the White House, “Carter was the first President to exit the motorcade car to walk the parade. Since then, it has become a traditional part of the Inaugural Parade.”

Over his 100 years on earth, Jimmy Carter ascended to the heights of world political power as the nation’s 39th president. When he lost his bid for a second White House term, Carter returned to his humble southwest Georgia roots to continue and begin anew his life’s next remarkable chapters: farmer,