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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-28-A
AR19, ST09, KN15
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C30473
President John F. Kennedy (in group at center left) observes a moment of silence after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during Veterans Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Also pictured: Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; Commanding General of the Military District of Washington, Major General Philip C. Wehle; Administrator of the Veterans Administration (VA), General John S. Gleason; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; President of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Luther Skaggs, Jr.; Sergeant Allen Eldredge; Assistant Press Secretary, Malcolm Kilduff; White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas; White House Secret Service agents, Emory Roberts and Jack Ready.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C21279
President John F. Kennedy and Prime Minister of Great Britain, Harold Macmillan, attend 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. Left to right: Marshall B. Wenger (great-great-grandson of two of the first recipients of the Medal, Jacob Parrott and Wilson W. Brown); unidentified; Prime Minister Macmillan; President Kennedy; White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas (in back, partially hidden); Chairman of the District of Columbia Civil War Centennial Commission, Paul J. Sedgwick; unidentified (obscured by microphones); and President of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Luther Skaggs, Jr. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C21277
President John F. Kennedy laughs with President of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Luther Skaggs, Jr., 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. Left to right: President Kennedy; Chairman of the District of Columbia Civil War Centennial Commission, Paul J. Sedgwick (in back); Mr. Skaggs, Jr.; unidentified; Marshall B. Wenger (great-great-grandson of two of the first recipients of the Medal, Jacob Parrott and Wilson W. Brown); White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas (in back, partially hidden); and an unidentified reporter. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-143-9-62
Prime Minister of Great Britain, Harold Macmillan (in Washington for a state visit), delivers remarks 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. Left to right (in foreground): Marshall B. Wenger (great-great-grandson of two of the first recipients of the Medal, Jacob Parrott and Wilson W. Brown); unidentified; Prime Minister Macmillan; President John F. Kennedy; Chairman of the District of Columbia Civil War Centennial Commission, Paul J. Sedgwick; President of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Luther Skaggs, Jr.; and unidentified. Also pictured (standing in Colonnade): White House Secret Service agent, Ernie Olsson, and White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-143-3-62
President John F. Kennedy stands with President of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Luther Skaggs, Jr. (center, behind microphones), 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. Marshall B. Wenger (great-great-grandson of two of the first recipients of the Medal, Jacob Parrott and Wilson W. Brown), stands in front and to the right of President Kennedy, holding camera; White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas, and White House Secret Service agent, Ernie Olsson (both in background), stand in the Colonnade. Also pictured: National Park Service (NPS) photographer, Abbie Rowe; White House media network electrician, Cleve Ryan (bottom right); White House Communications Agency (WHCA) officer, Joseph W. Culbreth (bottom right, wearing headphones); and Secret Service agent, Stewart “Stu” Stout. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C. [Blurriness in image is original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-143-1-62
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with President of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Luther Skaggs, Jr. (center, behind microphones), 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. Marshall B. Wenger (great-great-grandson of two of the first recipients of the Medal, Jacob Parrott and Wilson W. Brown), stands in front and to the right of President Kennedy, holding camera; White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas, and White House Secret Service agent, Ernie Olsson (both in background), stand in the Colonnade. Also pictured: National Park Service (NPS) photographer, Abbie Rowe; White House media network electrician, Cleve Ryan (bottom right); White House Communications Agency (WHCA) officer, Joseph W. Culbreth (bottom right, wearing headphones); and Secret Service agent, Stewart “Stu” Stout. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.