Boy Throws Jimmy Carter-Themed Birthday Party – Gets Surprise From His Favorite President’s Daughter

Boy Throws Jimmy Carter-Themed Birthday Party – Gets Surprise From His Favorite President’s Daughter

A boy in New Jersey who has established a strange fandom over the former president Jimmy Carter, has just enjoyed his 5th Birthday.

And while little Ryan is fond of ninjas, dinosaurs, and Spiderman, his mother Laura Ramos surprised him with a Jimmy Carter-themed bash complete with ‘Carter for President’ memorabilia, a life-size cardboard cutout, and birthday cake frosted with the president’s likeness.

But why, and how, is a young boy from New Jersey the biggest fan of a deceased former president from Georgia who held office more than 30 years before he was born?

Ryan’s mom Lauren Ramos explained to the Atlantic Journal Constitution that it began on a Presidents Day when the boy was 3. She showed him a grid chart of all the presidents to have ever lived, and Carter immediately struck his interest.

Ramos later bought him a book about Carter, and Ryan loved learning about the man’s humble background.

“He just loved how much he helped people. He loved that he built houses for Habitat for Humanity,” Ramos said. “He wants to build houses when he grows up.”

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As Ryan’s 5th Birthday was approaching, Lauren began preparing and planning for the Jimmy Carter theme, documenting her creations and ideas on TikTok and garnering hundreds of thousands of views.

Those videos also attracted the attention of one Ms. Amy, Jimmy Carter’s granddaughter, who sent Ryan a swag bag from the former president’s 100th Birthday celebration, that included a tote, pins, and a hat.

For the celebration, Ryan wore his Carter for President t-shirt, and blew out the candles on a cake with Carter’s likeness expertly crafted in frosting. Ryan and Carter share the birthday month of October, and the standing cardboard cutout of the president received well-wishes on his birthday.

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There was also a digitally-rendered image of Carter and Ryan standing side by side with birthday hats on to hang on Ryan’s wall.

At school, Ryan brought his book about Jimmy Carter to read on the president’s special day, when former peanut farmer would have turned 101 years old.

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Presidential legacies are sensitive issues often falling prey to bipartisan vitriol, but one supposes Carter couldn’t have hoped for anything better: that a young man 1,000 miles away who never lived a day during his administration could still be touched by it.

“That’s another question we’re getting, like, ‘Are you from Georgia?’ No, we live in New Jersey,” Ramos said, laughing.