CAMILLE
BOHANNON
Kennedy ran for president in the 1960 presidential election. His
campaign gained momentum after the first televised presidential
debates in American history, and he was elected president,
narrowly defeating Republican opponent Richard Nixon, the
incumbent vice president.
SANDY KOZEL
The musical’s 1956 Broadway production was a notable critical
and popular success, winning six Tony Awards, including Best
Musical. It set a record for the longest run of any musical on
Broadway up to that time and was followed by a hit London
production. Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews starred in both
productions.
ED DANAHUE
Timothy James McVeigh (April 23, 1968 – June 11, 2001)
The domestic terrorist who perpetrated the Oklahoma City bombing.
On April 7, 1949, the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South
Pacific opened at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway in New
York City. The romantic musical about World War II, which
touches on controversial racial themes, goes on to run for
almost five years, becoming one of the most popular musicals
of the 1950s.
The show won 10 Tony Awards, and six decades later, its
Lincoln Center revival would earn another seven, making
it the most Tony Award-winning show in New York theater
history.
ROSS SIMPSON
Juliette Gordon Low
(October 31, 1860 – January 17, 1927)
Juliette Gordon Low was the founder of Girl Scouts
of the USA. Inspired by the work of Lord Baden-Powell,
founder of Scout Movement, she joined the Girl Guide
movement in England, forming her own group of Girl
Guides there in 1911.
In 1912 she returned to the States, and the same year
established the first U.S. Girl Guide troop in Savannah,
Georgia. In 1915, the United States’ Girl Guides became
known as the Girl Scouts, and Juliette Gordon Low was
fhe first ever leader. She remained active until the time
of her death.
