Photograph
White House Photographs
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Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (center) and others stand outside the North Portico during a White House reception in his honor. (L-R) Chairman of the Citizens Committee of the District of Columbia Edgar Morris, Congressman Paul G. Rogers of Florida (in back), unidentified (mostly hidden, in back), Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia Brigadier General Frederick J. Clarke (in profile), unidentified (mostly hidden, in back), Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (mostly hidden), and President John F. Kennedy (back to camera). Commissioner Clarke presented Glenn with a key to the city as part of the ceremonies. Washington, D.C.