Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter attend Former Governor of Georgia Jimmy Carter's fundraiser for his 1976 Presidential run. (Rick Diamond/Getty Images)ATLANTA - For many, the love shared on Valentine's Day is fleeting, but not for former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn.
This is their 74th Valentine's Day celebrated as a married couple.Rosalynn Smith started dating Jimmy, then a fresh-faced Navy recruit studying at the U.S.
Naval Academy in Maryland, at a freshman in college.One year later, on July 7, 1946, she walked down the aisle of Plains Methodist Church in their hometown and said "I do."The humble ceremony would blossom into a life of civil service from the Gold Dome of Georgia to the White House and beyond.Jimmy Carter.