Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6313-A
At the White House in Washington, D.C., Naval Aide to the President Commander Tazewell Shepard, Jr. holds a plaque presented by President John F. Kennedy to the USS Sam Houston. Inscription reads: "Sam Houston 'He loved his country. He was a patriot. He was devoted to the Union.'"
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