Dwight D. Eisenhower at Virginia War Memorial Reel, 1965

Extent:
1 Items
Scope and content:

TITLE ON REEL:[Unidentified #12], Police ID; RUNTIME: 00:04:14; DESCRIPTION: This reel contains footage of former United States of America President Dwight D. Eisenhower visiting the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond on September 14, 1965. Eisenhower was in Virginia supporting the campaign of Linwood Holton for Virginia Governor. During the trip, he spoke to a 6,000 person rally at the South Portico on the Virginia State Capitol grounds, attended a 500 person luncheon at the Hotel John Marshall, and laid a wreathe at the World War II Memorial--now the Virginia War Memorial--with Virginia Adjutant General Major General Paul M. Booth, chairman of the World War II Memorial Commission John J. Wicker Jr., as well as Dr. Louis H. Williams, Robert P. Buford, and Holton and his wife Virginia Harrison "Jinks" Rogers Holton (Richmond Times-Dispatch, September 15, 1965).

Physical facet:
16mm

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Commonwealth University, Cabell Library
James Branch Cabell Library
Virginia Commonwealth University
P.O. Box 842003
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Richmond, VA 23284-2003
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