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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
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