Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-046-002
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks upon the presentation of the Hubbard Medal to the American Mount Everest Expedition in the new flower garden of the White House. In his speech the President congratulates the mountaineers, and characterizes the expedition as a cooperative, international effort. The press copy also includes remarks from Norman Dyhrenfurth, leader of the expedition, and Dr. Melville Grosvenor, President of the National Geographic Society