Box 31

An oversize certificate from the City of San Antonio, Texas appointing L. Mendel Rivers as the honorary Alcalde (mayor) of La Ciudad de La Villita (the original San Antonio).

An oversize copy of a concurrent resolution adopted by the South Carolina House of Representatives declaring May 18, 1968 (Armed Forces Day) to be L. Mendel Rivers Day in South Carolina.

An oversize certificate from the Port of Long Beach, California designating L. Mendel Rivers as an honorary Port Pilot of the Port of Long Beach California.

Two oversize certificates from the College of Charleston presenting L. Mendel Rivers with the honorary degree Doctor of Laws. One certificate is written in Latin.

An oversize certificate from the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity presenting L. Mendel Rivers with honorary membership in the Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Chapter of the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity.

An oversize certificate from the City of Corpus Christi, Texas presenting L. Mendel Rivers with honorary citizenship.

An oversize copy of a resolution passed in the United States Senate to send a committee of two Senators to attend L. Mendel Rivers' funeral.

An oversize certificate from the Governor of the State of Alabama appointing Margaret Middleton Rivers (L. Mendel Rivers' wife) as an honorary Lieutenant Colonel Aide-de-Camp in the Alabama State Militia.

A poem entitled Charleston written by Philip W. Kelleher and dedicated to L. Mendel Rivers and his wife Margaret Middleton Rivers.

An oversize certificate dedicating Rivers Plaza at the United States Naval Hospital in Charleston to the memory of L. Mendel Rivers.