Madeleine Blais was a staff writer for the Trenton Times in 1976 when she was assigned to cover the Democratic Convention in New York City where Jimmy Carter claimed his party's nomination. The four days were mostly a snore -- but she created a time capsule of the week that she treasures to this day.

Mr. Carter witnessed a shift from what had been a solidly Democratic South to one that Republicans, supported by white voters and particularly evangelicals, came to dominate.

So, in July 1979, the nation was in a deep, Carter-induced funk. And Carter's reaction was to ... blame the nation. That was the theme of the

Former President Carter's remains were transported Tuesday from Georgia to Washington D.C., where he'll be taken to the U.S. Navy Memorial before a procession to the Capitol. The big picture: Carter,

Carter will be honored with a state funeral at the Washington National Cathedral. “I met the Carter family. They were lovely. They weren’t really, very sad, but also, they were celebrating because it was a very fine man,

At the time, many blamed Carter for not bringing the US hostages in Iran home. But one Marine says he saved his life.