For RV community, giant Carter peanut statue a beacon for home
Plains (United States) (AFP) - In Jimmy Carter’s hometown of Plains, Georgia, a giant roadside statue of a peanut bearing the former president's toothy grin draws carloads of tourists, but for those living in the camper park directly behind it, the enormous caricature signifies home. "It kind of watches over us I guess, that big grin," said Debra Liscotti, who usually stays for several months a year at the site, where about two dozen camper cars are parked. The 13-foot (four-meter) peanut was brought to Plains after a 1976 presidential rally in Evansville, Indiana and has remained ever since. ...