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General Douglas and Jean Faircloth MacArthur and son visit Murfreesboro, Address at Middle Tennessee State College, 1951

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Title	General Douglas and Jean Faircloth MacArthur and son visit Murfreesboro, Address at Middle Tennessee State College, 1951
Personal name	MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964; MacArthur, Jean Faircloth; MacArthur, Arthur
Corporate name	Middle Tennessee State University--History--Sources
Topical entry	Generals--United States Manners and customers--Tennessee, Middle
Geographic entry	Murfreesboro (Tenn.)--History--Sources Tennessee, Middle--History--Sources Rutherford County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Description	Pictured: Gen. Douglas MacArthur (left) standing next to an unidentified man in a suit (middle), and a military officer (right), at the stadium program at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of the MacArthur family honorary ceremony in 1951. General MacArthur and his wife Jean Faircloth MacArthur are seated at center stage with their young son. The city of Murfreesboro welcomed the couple with a parade and celebration in honor of the couples’ 14th wedding anniversary. Jean Faircloth MacArthur was a great-granddaughter of a former Mayor and she had lived for 34 years in a pillared mansion on East Lytle Street. The head of the Murfreesboro household was her grandfather, Capt. Richard Beard, a Confederate veteran. General Douglas MacArthur was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army who was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
Publisher	Metropolitan Nashville/Davidson County Archives, Nashville Public Library
Date	1951
Type	Still Image; Negatives
Format	image/jpeg
Identifier	RG 412 101 Gen Douglas and Jean MacArthur college address Murfreesboro007
Relation	Record Group 412
Coverage	1950-1959
Rights	U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital content, which is provided for educational purposes only and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed for any other purpose without written permission. Please contact the Metro Archives, Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5880.
Location	Closed Stacks, Metro Archives RG 412