Senator John C. Stennis in Washington, D.C.

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Preferred Citation

[Physical ID#], John C. Stennis Collection. Mississippi Political Collections, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Description

Senator John C. Stennis at US Capitol in Washington, D.C. Two Mississippi School's Representatives greeted at Capitol while on freedoms Foundation "Valley Forge Pilgrimage. Shown above are Mr. Woodward Marsh,(Principal Greenwood, HS) RUssell Kearney, Jr.(student, Greenwood) Dr. Kenneth D. Wells,(President Freedoms Foundation) Rev. Frederick Brown Harris, Rayford Patrick,(student, Senatobia) Billy Whithead,(student, Greenwood HS) and, front row: Mrs. RL Roberts,(teacher, Greenwood) Mrs. JR Quinn,(teacher, Greenwood) Mrs. Dorothy Hamberline,(teacher, Senatobia) being greeted at the US Captiol Rep. Franklin E. Smith,(second from right, back row) and Stennis (third from left, back row) while visiting Washington as part of the "Valley Forge Pilgrimage. These school representatives joined with students and teachers from 48 other schools throughout the nation who were selected for principal award for their classrooms programs on teaching citizenship. The student-teacher teams received a George Washington Honor medal, a "Freedom Library" and an all-expense trip to Valley Forge to participate in the Pilrimage with other winning schools. The Valley Forge Pilgrimage is a three-day, all-expense educational tour which includes visits to historical shrines inthe Valley Forge-Philadelphia-Washington, DC area. These schools were selected for award by a nonpartisan awards jury of State Supreme Court jurists and executive officers of patriotic, military, and service clubs.

Contributor(s)

Stennis, John C. (John Cornelius), 1901-1995

Subjects

John C. Stennis Washington DC Sparkman Jenkins Johnston Yarborough Walters Boggs Stennis

Geographic Location

Washington, DC

Object Type

image

Format (Original)

1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

Format (Digital)

JPEG

Digital ID

jcs_1286.jpg

Physical ID

JCS 1286

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Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Mississippi Political Collections, Senator Stennis in other places

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

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