June 29, 1972 - August 25, 1985
—Maine's Young Ambassador of Goodwill —
In 1982, ten year old Samantha Smith wrote a letter to Yuri Andropov, the leader of the Soviet Union asking, "Why do you want to go to war with the United States?" Mr. Andropov's reply to that letter, his invitation for Samantha to visit, and her subsequent trip with her parents to the Soviet Union, began a personal dialogue between the peoples of the Soviet Union and the United States that many believe contributed to the thaw in the dangerous Cold War of the late 20th Century.HM Number | HM23GQ |
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Date Added | Monday, December 4th, 2017 at 7:02pm PST -08:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 19T E 437616 N 4906161 |
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Decimal Degrees | 44.30603333, -69.78213333 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 44° 18.362', W 69° 46.928' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 44° 18' 21.72" N, 69° 46' 55.68" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 207 |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 230 State St, Augusta ME 04330, US |
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