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Glassboro citizens were thrilled about the two most important people visiting their hometown, President Johnson, and Premier Kosygin coming to local Glassboro. At the time Ms. Swartz worked in the vice president's office and throughout the summit,…

Mr. Lynch was the principle Highland Regional High School at the time of the Summit, he brought his family to witness the historical event. Mr. Lynch ran into a state police officer who graduated Highland Regional and he was able to secure great…

Gloria Reivich recalls memories of housing a Japanese reporter from Washington. Her husband's role involved with getting the summit set up and the memories of visiting Russia two months post-summit for twenty-one days.

Nick Menna Jr. father, Dr. Nick Menna Sr. was a part of the medical staff at Glassboro State, he with his staff worked in the infirmary. Friday was his day off and did not expect to come to work until the secret service escorted him, throughout the…

During the time of the summit, Tom was in the Navy stationed in New Finland, his job was keeping count of Russian Nuclear submarines coming from Russia.

Mary Cocove Lamey shares her memories of Glassboro State College, the mutual excitement shared in her town of Glassboro, the historical impact it has had on her own life and of Glassboro.

Kent Johnson took photographs of the summit, he recalls how interesting it was to watch the setup process for the summit.

David and Mary got married while the summit was happening and David was a reporter for the Evening Bulletin. Many of their guests could not make it because of the summit or returned home early. This makes it easy to remember their anniversary and…

Carlton Greve's mother was the director of social services at a Pennsylvania state hospital at the time of the summit, she first learned of the summit from a patient and was initially dismissive, later the summit was confirmed by a coworker and to…

Lori Gelber Gerstein was the Business Manager for Glassboro State College Summer Theater Company. With one of the few outside phone lines to the college, calls came in from Reuters in London and the New York times looking for a place to stay for the…