Joe Bangert and his family from the U.S. state of Massachusetts expressed their joy at learning about the visit by Carter, his wife Rosalynn and their son Chip. "Indeed it was on Mother’s Day that they arrived and Mother’s Day was founded by mothers who love peace between nations...
I wish President Carter great successes in his mission of peace and sincere inter-American reconciliation with the nation and people of Cuba. And
I want to convey my heartfelt thanks to President Fidel Castro and the Cuban people for welcoming our fellow Americans to Cuba!
"God bless Cuba! May her people know that she had many many friends on this side of the Straits who long to walk down the streets and byways of Old Havana."