Snow Strands Demonstrators in A&I

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Summary

One hundred or more "March for Life" demonstrators are stranded in heavy snowfall and must spend the night on the floor of the Arts and Industries Building. Other visitors, stranded in the United States Botanic Gardens, were escorted to the A&I to spend the night as well.

Subject

  • Arts and Industries Building)
  • March for Life, Inc

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 5, "The Torch," March 1987, p. 8.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

January 22, 1987

Topic

  • Weather
  • Snow
  • Winter storms
  • Blizzards
  • Museums
  • Museum visitors

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