This year, Inauguration Day falls on Monday, Jan. 20. In honor of the day, you’ll find a collection of stirring Inauguration Day quotes spoken by U.S. presidents or poets during inaugurations ...

Who was the first president to invite a poet to read at ... his unpretentious style, Carter used “Jimmy” instead of “James Earl” at his swearing-in. His inauguration departed from ...

In a 2011 interview, Mr. Carter recalled that shortly after his inauguration ... lightly and on the Queen Mother’s cheek. Read the story: Jimmy Carter kissed the Queen Mother in 1977.

He cared a lot about reading and writing and did not want to rush out a product. The process tells us as much about Jimmy Carter as the poems do. That studious approach makes sense given his ...

Jimmy Carter’s life as a farmer ... began shortly after Carter met Miller Williams during Bill Clinton’s second inauguration in 1996. Williams was a poet who read his poem "Of History and Hope” during ...