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President John F. Kennedy and President of Colombia, Alberto Lleras Camargo, unveil a plaque at a cornerstone-laying ceremony at the Techo Housing Project in Bogotá, Colombia, marking the construction of homes and schools built through the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso) program. L-R: President Kennedy; First Lady of Colombia Berta Puga Martínez (in back); First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President Lleras; several unidentified persons. Standing in background: United States Ambassador to Colombia Fulton Freeman (left of President Kennedy); White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (right of President Kennedy).
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-282-111-61
Colombian military police walk through crowd at cornerstone-laying ceremony at the Techo Housing Project in Bogotá, Colombia. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy stands in back (wearing hat). Also pictured: United States Ambassador to Colombia Fulton Freeman (right of Mrs. Kennedy); White House Secret Service agents Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (far left, wearing sunglasses) and Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey (far right, face partially hidden). [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-282-104-61
President of Colombia Alberto Lleras Camargo speaks at a cornerstone-laying ceremony at the Techo Housing Project in Bogotá, Colombia, marking the construction of homes and schools built through the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso). On platform (L-R): First Lady of Colombia Berta Puga Martínez; United States Ambassador to Colombia Fulton Freeman; unidentified; President John F. Kennedy; President Lleras; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (behind President Lleras). Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (far left of image, wearing sunglasses) and Roy Kellerman (right of platform, facing right); Special Assistant to President Kennedy Kenneth P. O’Donnell (behind Freeman). Reporters, photographers, and Colombian military police stand around platform. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]