Photograph
White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy (right, in profile) visits Launch Complex 14 with astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left) and his wife Annie Glenn (center, with back to camera), prior to the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn; a crowd of assembled workers looks on. The pad and service tower from which Glenn was lifted into orbit is visible in the background. Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida.