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Admiral Byrd to Receive Virginia Medal Tonight in Washington
A 12 gold Medal of Achievement will be presented to Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd at a 7 p.m. reception and banquet at the Statler Hotel in Washington. Members of the Society of Virginia attend, including Byrd’s brothers, Senator Harry F. Byrd, and other notable guests. The medal, minted by the U S Mint, honors Byrd as explorer, scientist, and patriot with a Latin motto.
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Richard Evelyn Byrd
Ians
Cummings
Christobel Cummings
Washington
Philadelphia
Belmont Road
N. W. Washington
United States Mint
Admiral Byrd
Virginia
Antarctic
American Ag
George Washington
Robert E. Lee
Louis M. Sheers
Westmoreland Road
Falls Church
District 0 Columbia Corporation
Society
Joh W. Rixey Smith
Bureau of
Ternal Revenue
Vinson
United States
Jackson
Supreme Court
Martin
House
Barkley
U.S
Byrd
Gov. Tuck
Colgate W. Darden
University of Virginia
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Bureau of the Mint
Woodrow Wilson
Prescient Wilson
Cordell Hull
Secretary of State
Richard H. Cruzen
Society of Virginia
Lewis and Clarke