Washington, DC. Senator Strom Thurmond and several other members of the Senate interested in the U.S. retention of the Panama Canal Zone met at the request of several veterans organizations to brief their representatives on the pending Canal Treaties. Seated, left to right, are Senators Robert Dole (R-Kansas), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Paul Laxalt (R-Nevada), Strom Thurmond, (R-South Carolina), Harry Byrd (I-Virginia), James Allen (R-Alabama), and Jesse Helms (R-North Carolina). Standing, left to right, are Dennis McClure, AMVETS National Legislative Director; AMVETS National Commander Frank Ruggiero; Dr. Robert Foster, Chairman of the National Foreign Relations Commission of the American Legion; Bill Gardiner, DAV National Legislative Director; VFW National Security & Foreign Affairs Director; Cooper T. Holt, VFW National Executive Director; and Major General J. Milnor Roberts, Reserve Officers Association. (same as 3979 dated March 13, 1978, see also 3985 & 3986), September 1977

Item — Box: 16, Folder: 94, image: 3929

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

There are photographs of Thurmond with astronauts, entertainers, government officials, military officers, politicians, etc. Among the individuals appearing in this series are: Presidents Harry S. Truman through George Bush; Astronaut Alan Shepard; and foreign heads of state such as Anwar el-Sadat of Egypt and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Other individuals include James F. Byrnes, Barry Goldwater, Fritz Hollings, Herbert Hoover, Herman Talmadge, and Prince Charles of Great Britain. Some of the photographs were autographed by the individuals when they gave the photographs to Thurmond. There are photographs of Strom Thurmond attending conferences and conventions (such as the 1968 Republican National Convention in Miami, Florida), and taking trips to the Far East, Iran and Italy. Of special interest are photographs of the Anwar Sadat Funeral Trip in 1981. In addition, there are photographs of his visits to military bases such as Fort McPherson (Atlanta, Georgia), Fort Jackson (Columbia, South Carolina) and Edwards Air Force Base (California)

Removed from other series include such topics as the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee's Special Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee, Campaigns, the Richard B. Russell Dam Project and the Sparrow Bluff Project in Florence County, South Carolina.