100 Years later: Golden Spike ceremony in May 1969
From: "Jim Vincent" pieijv@yahoo.com
I took part in the Golden Spike ceremony in May 1969. I was in the military and was part of the color guard. I believe John Wayne (actor) was there also.
Do you have any pictures or other things ...
—Jim Vincent, U S Navy (ret)
posted from CPRR Discussion Group at 5:52 PM
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You may want to take a look at the National Golden Spike Centennial Commission Official Publication "The Last Spike is Driven" [Cooley, Everett L. (Ed). Utah Historical Quarterly, Volume 37, Number 1, Winter 1969].
i have a golden spike it says eds - 1969 on the other side it says 100 years later was jus wondering what it was
You are describing a novelty item – a spike made in about 1969 to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the first transcontinental railroad.
Also see, Five mind-blowing facts — Golden Spike Ceremony, by Bob Lettenberger.
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