Memorial Service for Apollo 1 Astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee.

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

In a ceremony at City Hall, John Lindsay and others honor the lives of Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White II, and Roger B. Chaffee, who died aboard the Apollo 1 spacecraft.

Lindsay, City Council President Frank O'Connor, Monsignor [Byrne], Rabbi Gilbert [Koppleman], Dr. Robert Jastrow, Majority Leader David Ross, and Minority Leader Angelo Arculeo speak at the event. Martina Arroyo sings.


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