Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6760-D
President John F. Kennedy is surrounded by Peace Corps volunteers during a ceremony for the first group of departing volunteers, leaving for Tanganyika and Ghana, in the Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C. Reporters and photographers observe. Also pictured: Associate Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher; White House Secret Service agent, Lubert F. "Bert" de Freese. [For a complete list of attendees, please see White House Central Subject Files, Box 670, Folder 1: "PC 5 Peace Corps Program (Executive, 1-20-61 - 4-10-62)."]