Gov. John Volpe addressing the crowd at memorial service on the State House steps for those lost aboard the submarines USS Scorpion and USS Thresher and Robert Kennedy

Title:: Gov. John Volpe addressing the crowd at memorial service on the State House steps for those lost aboard the submarines USS Scorpion and USS Thresher and Robert Kennedy
Name on Item:: Gene Dixon
Date:: June 18, 1968
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Film negatives
Portrait photographs
Location:: Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):: Brearley Collection
Subjects:: Governors
Memorial rites & ceremonies
Military officers
Volpe, John A.
United States. Navy
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Beacon Hill
Massachusetts State House
Extent:: 1 photograph : film negative ; film size 6 x 6 cm
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Notes:: Title supplied by cataloger.
Additional information accompanying item: Volpe, John, Gov….Scorpion memorial services June 18, 1968. Gov. John Volpe listens as Navy Chaplain James D. Pfannenstel eulogized men lost aboard the USS Scorpion while House and Senate met in joint convention on steps of State House, Boston. The memorial service also included the death of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and the crew of another lost submarine USS Thresher that sank off New Hampshire. The service was attended by legislators, Navy personnel and many members of the public who paused on Beacon St. and in the Common.
Notes (acquisition):: Gift; John Booras
Notes (date):: Date from item or material accompanying item.
Identifier:: 18_11_007324