Washington, DC. Senator Strom Thurmond and a few other members of the Senate interested in U.S. retention of the Panama Canal Zone meet with representatives of veterans organizations for briefings on the Panama Canal Treaties. Seated, left to right, are Senators Robert Dole (R-Kansas), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Paul Laxalt (R-Nevada), Strom Thurmond (R-SC), Harry Byrd (I-Virginia), James Allen (R-Alabama), and Jesse Helms (R-NC). Standing, left to right, are Dennis McClure, National Legislative Director, AMVETS; National Commander Frank Ruggeiro, AMVETS; Dr. Robert Foster, Chairman of the National Foreign Relations Commission; Robert Charles Smith, The American Legion; Colonel Phelps Jones, Director of National Security and Foreign Affairs, VFW; Cooper T. Holt, National ExecutiveDirector, VFW; and Major General J. Milnor Roberts, Reserve Officers Association. (same as 3929 dated September 1977, see also 3985 & 3986), March 13, 1978

Item — Box: 16, Folder: 95, image: 3979

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.