The Dothan Eagle
June 15, 1959
The Montgomery Advertiser (1959)
Wiregrass Farmer
June 18, 1959
Moran Baxter, Major Watt Espy, Sr., George Grimsley, July 1959
My daddy, George H. Grimsley, Sr. represented education. My future father-in- law, Moran Baxter, represented agriculture. And Mr. Major Espy represented the business and banking sides of American culture on that trip. - Karen Grimsley Baxter
I remember when they went. I started working with Mr. Espy Oct. 1959 and he talked about the trip constantly. - Edna Whitehead
My mother and I met Uncle Major at the Atlanta airport when he was catching his flight to Russia. He had me take a photo of him at the airport. - Beverly Espy Dayries
I remember when they went. I started working with Mr. Espy Oct. 1959 and he talked about the trip constantly. - Edna Whitehead
My mother and I met Uncle Major at the Atlanta airport when he was catching his flight to Russia. He had me take a photo of him at the airport. - Beverly Espy Dayries
Major, George Grimsley and ?
Red Square is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The words 'Red Square' in Russian are Красная площадь or Krasnaya Ploshchad. The word Krasnaya actually has two meanings in Russian: Beautiful (the archaic meaning) and Red. And, the square itself was actually named using the archaic meaning, thus actually making it Beautiful Square. However, over time, it was switched to Red, although there's no link between the name and Communism. The square was established in 1493 but given the name Krasnaya Ploshchad in the 17th Century. St. Basil's was constructed in the mid-16th Century.
That must have been a new camera they were using!
Lenin Stadium (today called the Luzhniki Stadium)
train station
dacha (country home)
Watty Espy
Mark Espy
letter that Marilyn sent to Major, No. 1 Gorky is now No. 1 Tverskaya, and it's the address of the National Hotel in Moscow.
Wiregrass Farmer
July 16, 1959
Wiregrass Farmer
July 23, 1959
that's the hotel, in the center down there, with the red awnings
again, over to the right
Found this 1959 photo on Tumblr. It's the view from hotel facing Red Square.
Wiregrass Farmer
July 16, 1959
Wiregrass Farmer
July 23, 1959
The Dothan Eagle
August 9, 1959
The Dothan Eagle
August 16, 1959
The Dothan Eagle
September 10, 1959
The Dothan Eagle
September 16, 1959
The Dothan Eagle
September 18, 1959
The Dothan Eagle
October 15, 1959
Wiregrass Farmer
November 12, 1959
For some fun, here's Paul McCartney singing Back in the U.S.S.R. in Red Square.
For more perspective of the politics of the time, you might enjoy researching Vice-President Nixon's trip to Moscow in July 1959.
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