Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7058-C
President John F. Kennedy walks across the West Wing Lawn to deliver a statement to the press following astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr.'s successful orbital flight aboard Mercury-Atlas 6, also known as Friendship 7. Various photographers look on, including White House Photographer Captain Cecil Stoughton (at upper right in the West Wing Colonnade). White House, Washington, D.C.