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The Samantha Smith Project honors the young American girl who asked a simple question about war and changed the attitudes of two great nations. Busts of Samantha and her book Journey to the Soviet Union (a gift from Dot Walsh) are available for placement at children’s libraries and peace centers by contacting administration@peaceabbey.org .
Jun 30, 2019 · With a simple letter, American schoolgirl Samantha Smith sparked peace and friendship between two nations during one of the tensest periods in modern history. Samantha Smith chats with Tonight Show host Johnny Carson after her trip to the Soviet Union in 1983. “Now I am certain the Russians, like the Americans, do not want war,” said ...
May 10, 2018 · American girl Samantha Smith (center) visited the U.S.S.R. on the invitation of General Secretary Yuri Andropov in July 1983. Here, she's visiting the Artek pioneer camp. Wikimedia Commons. Even ...
Welcome to SamanthaSmith.info. This site is dedicated to the life and memory of Samantha Smith, America's youngest ambassador, as well as to the work of the Samantha Smith Foundation. In November of 1982, at the height of Cold War, Samantha Smith, a 10-year-old girl from Manchester, Maine, wrote to the Soviet leader Yuri Andropov and asked him ...
In 1982 Samantha Smith was a frightened 10 year old girl in the small community of Manchester, Maine. One day she asked her mother, Jane, if she would write Yuri Andropov, the Premier of the Soviet Union, and ask him whether the Soviet Union intended to start a war. Samantha’s mother answered, “Why don’t you.”.
Thirty years ago, in the summer of 1983, 11-year-old Samantha Smith from Manchester, Maine, was the most famous little girl in the world. Images of a freckle-faced smiling Samantha holding a letter from the Soviet Premier Yuri Andropov and later touring the Soviet Union went out on all news wires. “Actually, the whole thing started when I ...
Jul 7, 2023 · Additionally, the first Monday in June was officially designated as Samantha Smith Day in Maine, as per state law, and a bronze statue of her was placed near the Maine State Museum in Augusta. To mark the 30th anniversary of the plane crash in 2015, the Maine State Museum presented a new exhibit displaying various artifacts associated with ...
