Photograph
White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with an unidentified man (center foreground, holding medal), during a program at the White House to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Congressional Medal of Honor; visitors include descendants of Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor recipients. Chairman of the District of Columbia Civil War Centennial Commission, Paul J. Sedgwick, stands behind and left of President Kennedy; Marshall B. Wenger (great-great-grandson of two of the first recipients of the Medal, Jacob Parrott and Wilson W. Brown), stands in front of the President; White House media network electrician, Cleve Ryan, crouches at upper right; White House Communications Agency (WHCA) officer, Joseph W. Culbreth (top right, wearing headphones), monitors recording equipment in the background. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.