Carter Library reopens after power outage

The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum reopened Friday afternoon after a brief power outage.

“Power is back and we are OPEN,” according to a tweet posted on the library’s Twitter account shortly after 2 p.m.

Power is back and we are OPEN
— Jimmy Carter Presidential Library (@CarterLibrary) September 15, 2017

It’s not clear what caused the outage that forced the library, which is located at 441 Freedom Parkway, to close earlier in the afternoon.

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