Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7266-J
President John F. Kennedy attends the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Rayburn House Office Building, dedicated to the late Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn. Also pictured: Speaker of the House and Chairman of the House Office Building Commission, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius and Lubert “Bert” de Freese. Washington, D.C.
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