Vice-President Nixon and Pat Nixon Disembark at Grand Forks Airport, 1960

Creator

Preview

Date of Work

9-14-1960

Identification #

OGL241-832

Description

U.S. Vice-President Richard Nixon and his wife, Pat Nixon, depart their airplane at the Grand Forks Municipal Airport on September 14, 1960. Nixon visited UND during the 1960 presidential campaign and spoke at the UND Fieldhouse. Nixon remarked that "Students should remember that the battle for peace and freedom will be won if America maintains its moral and spiritual strength" to a crowd of almost 8,500. (See: Dakota Student, 16 September 1960)

Places Depicted

Grand Forks Airport

People Depicted

Pat Nixon, Richard Nixon

Rights

Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota