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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-06-27-E
KN18
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C22489
President John F. Kennedy receives a gift of an American flag from astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (right); Lt. Col. Glenn carried the flag in his space suit during his orbital flight aboard Mercury-Atlas 6, also known as Friendship 7. Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, stands partially out of frame in the background. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C22490
President John F. Kennedy receives a gift of an American flag from astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (right); Lt. Col. Glenn carried the flag in his space suit during his orbital flight aboard Mercury-Atlas 6, also known as Friendship 7. Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, stands in the background. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.