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Joint resolution from Maine's 132nd Legislature honoring Samantha Smith, a Maine native who at age 10 wrote to Soviet Premier Yuri Andropov expressing fears about nuclear war during the Cold War

Andropov invited Smith to visit the Soviet Union, where she became one of the country's youngest ambassadors for peace and helped ease tensions between the two nations

Smith died tragically in a plane crash at age 13 before the Cold War ended

The first Monday in June is designated as Samantha Smith Day in Maine, commemorating her June 29th birthday

Resolution celebrates the power of individual voices to change the world for the better