Samantha Smith, Manchester, 1983
Contributed by an individual through Maine State Museum
Item 25177
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Samantha Smith (1972-1985) poses in front of a store's sign upon her return from a two-week trip to the Soviet Union in July 1983.
She and her parents, Arthur and Jane Smith, visited the Soviet Union as guests of Soviet leader Yuri Andropov after Samantha wrote to him asking what his plans were about nuclear war and urged peace.
She became known as a peace ambassador. She and her father were killed in a plane crash in 1985.
Other Information
- Title: Samantha Smith, Manchester, 1983
- Creator: Smith, Arthur
- Creation Date: 1983
- Subject Date: 1983
- Town: Manchester
- County: Kennebec
- State: ME
- Media: Photograph
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine State Museum
83 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333
(207) 287-2301
http://www.maine.gov/museum/index.html
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LC Subject Headings
Political activity
Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich, 1914-1984--Correspondence
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Correspondence
Cold War
Peace
Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Travel
Letters
Stores & shops--Maine--Manchester
International relations
Arrivals & departures
Signs (Notices)
Children and peace
People
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