Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C22636
President John F. Kennedy (center, left) arrives at the Columna de la Independencia (Ángel de la Independencia, Independence Monument) for a wreath laying ceremony. Also pictured: Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard; U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Thomas C. Mann; Mexican Ambassador to the United States, Antonio Carrillo Flores; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Chief of Protocol of Mexico, Federico A. Mariscal; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; General Cristóbal Guzmán Cárdenas; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; U.S. Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); White House Secret Service agents, James J. Rowley, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn, Mike Mastrovito, and Bill Greer. All others unidentified. Mexico City, Mexico.
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