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White House Photographs
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As part of Memorial Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, President John F. Kennedy (at left, assisted by Sergeant Allen Eldredge) carries a wreath to place at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, on the steps of the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater. Standing behind President Kennedy (L-R): General Maxwell D. Taylor; Administrator of the Veterans Administration (VA), General John S. Gleason; former United States Ambassador to Ireland, Grant Stockdale; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Commanding General of the Military District of Washington, Major General Paul A. Gavan; unidentified.
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