Samantha Reed Smith

Biography  Samantha Smith was born June 29th 1972. Some of the things that she loved to do when she wasnąt a preteen were field hockey, soft ball, roll skating, reading, and science. She also liked gymnastics, but one of the subjects she didnąt do so good at was Math. She lived with her father Arthur and mother Jane, and her dog Kim.

Samantha Reed Smith lived in Maine all her life but she was born in Aroostook Main. She went to kindergarden at Hodgdon a nearby town. In 1980 Samantha finished 2nd grade and that's when she moved to Manchester aine where she attended Manchester elementary school. She went to 5th grade in November 1982.

Arthur, Samantha's father, was born in New York City and grew up in West Virginia where he met Samantha's mother, Jane. Arthur was an instructor at Ricker College in Houlton.

The Letter

 Samantha and her mother were sitting at the table and Jane was reading the paper to Samantha. She was seven years old, and she asked her mother why the USA and the Soviet Union were building Nuclear Weapons. This is why Samantha decided to write the letter. She wrote the letter to Yuri Andropov and asked if he was going to go to war with the USA. brbr Dear Mr Andropov,
My name is Samantha Smith. I am ten years old. Congratulations on your new job. I have been worrying about Russia and the United States getting into a nuclear war. Are you going to vote to have a war or not? If you arenąt please tell me how you are going to help to not have a war. The question you do not have to answer, but I would like to know why you want to conquer the world or at least our country. God made the world for us to live together in peace and not to fight.
Sincerely
Samantha Smith