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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6888-C
President John F. Kennedy lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, as part of Veterans Day ceremonies.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6888-B
President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks as part of Veterans Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Persons sitting on the stage behind President Kennedy include: Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Thomas Stirling, National Commander of the Legion of Valor; Representative Olin E. Teague (Texas); Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton; George W. Ball, Under Secretary for Economic Affairs; General Thomas D. White; Secretary of the Air Force Eugene M. Zuckert; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer; John S. Gleason, Administrator of Veterans Affairs; Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General David M. Shoup; and Under Secretary of the Navy Paul B. “Red” Fay.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6888-A
President John F. Kennedy attends Veterans Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Walking next to President Kennedy is Major General Paul A. Gavan, Commanding General of the Military District of Washington. Following President Kennedy are Under Secretary of the Navy Paul B. “Red” Fay; Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President Colonel Godfrey T. McHugh; and Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell T. Shepard.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-073-001
This photograph album, compiled by Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy, documents her life, travels, and social activities from 1939 to 1942. Photographs document time spent at the Kennedy family’s residences in Palm Beach in Florida, Hyannis Port in Massachusetts, and Bronxville in New York; aboard the S.S. Washington en route to New York City, New York, from Europe; at the 1939 New York World’s Fair; in Sainte-Marguerite-du-lac-Masson in Quebec, Canada; at the Maryland Hunt Cup near Reisterstown, Maryland; at the Berkshire Music Festival (now called the Tanglewood Music Festival) in Lenox, Massachusetts; at Bailey’s Beach in Newport, Rhode Island; as a bridesmaid in the wedding of Kennedy family friend, Anne McDonnell, to Henry Ford II, in Southampton, New York; at the Edgartown Regatta on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts; on a camping trip in Wise River, Montana; on a trip to England; at the Beachcomber Lounge in Boston, Massachusetts; at Club Waikiki in New York City; at the Scranton family estate in Scranton, Pennsylvania; on Lake Minnetonka in Minnesota; at the Coleman and Schweppe family estates in Lake Forest, Illinois; and at parties at both Kathleen’s apartment and the apartment of Kennedy family friend Inga Arvad in Washington, D.C. Other locations pictured include Narragansett, Rhode Island; Greenwich, Connecticut; Lexington and Chatham, Massachusetts; Seminole, Florida; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Charleston, South Carolina. Family members pictured in photographs include Kathleen’s parents, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; her siblings, Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., John F. “Jack” Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia “Pat” Kennedy, Robert F. “Bob/Bobbie” [sic] Kennedy; Jean Kennedy, and Edward M. “Ted/Teddy” Kennedy; her grandparents, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald; and cousin, Joseph Francis “Joey” Gargan, Jr. Over one hundred friends and acquaintances also appear in photographs, many of whom are identified in original captions. Those who appear more than once within the album include: Edward E. Moore and Mary Moore; Tom Killefer; Torbert "Torb" Macdonald; Richard J. “Dick” Cotter, Jr.; Nancy Van Vleck; Beverley A. “Bev” Bogert; C. Z. “Cizzie” Cochrane; John “Zeke” Coleman, Jr.; Nancy Tenney; Charlotte McDonnell; Francis Huger “Mac” McAdoo, Jr.; Cynthia “Cynth” McAdoo; Kirk LeMoyne “Lem/Leem” Billings; Thomas Henry “Harry” Dixon; John “Johnny” Pyne; Appie Whitney; Eben Pyne; Alison “Allie/Ally” Pyne; Cammann “Cam” Newberry; Constance “Connie” Shepard; James Ayer “Jim” Rousmaniere; Helen MacDonald; Marie Murray; Cyrus Robinson “Cy” Taylor; Nelson Macy, Jr.; William Fuller “Bill” Borland; George Morris Cheston; William Warren “Bill” Scranton; Abbott Widdicombe; Gaspard d’Andelot “Don” Belin; Harriet Bundy “Hattie” Belin; Stanley Rogers “Stan” Resor; Anne Reed; Charles Alfred “Chuckie/Chucky” Pillsbury; Jane "Pil" Pillsbury; Muriel Macy; Demarest "Demi" Lloyd, Jr.; George Houk Mead, Jr.; Richard R. “Dick” Flood; Elizabeth Wayne “Betty” Coxe; Charles “Chuck” Spalding; Inga Arvad; and Mary Dickey. Also pictured are industrialist Henry Ford, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Clementine Ogilvy Spencer Churchill. Original handwritten captions are written in black ink on many of the leaves. This photograph album contains 636 photographic prints and two photo fragments.
Collection
USVA
Records 1943-1967 (bulk 1961-1963). Microfilm copies of select material from various units, including Office of the Administrator, Office of the General Counsel, Office of the Director of Information Service, and Office of Chief Benefits Director. Hard copy includes an outgoing correspondence reading file, speeches by Administrator John S. Gleason, Jr., printed Congressional hearings, and information on John F. Kennedy's life insurance policy.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01600N
Kennedy family friends, C.Z. "Cizzie" Cochrane, Diana Maria Gerli, and John "Zeke" Coleman, Jr. (right), pose with an unidentified man (second from right, wearing United States Air Force service uniform) in the courtyard at the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida, during the Christmas holiday. [Notes: See also vintage print in album KFC-073-001.]
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01719N
Kathleen Kennedy (middle, wearing evening gown) stands arm-in-arm with her brother, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (right), and Kennedy family friend, Tom Killefer (both wearing United States Navy officer's dress blue uniforms), indoors at the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida, during the Christmas holiday. [Notes: See also vintage print in album KFC-073-001. Streaking along bottom edge is original to the negative.]
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01718N
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (wearing United States Navy officer's dress blue uniform), poses in the courtyard of the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida, during the Christmas holiday.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01598N
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (wearing a United States Navy officer's dress blue uniform), poses on a patio outside the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida, during the Christmas holiday.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00452N
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (right, wearing United States Navy officer's dress blue uniform), converses with his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (left), and an unidentified woman near an airfield in Palm Beach, Florida, during the Christmas holiday; a United States Air Mail plane is visible in background.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-036-012-p0049
Private First Class Dwight H. Findley standing at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day. A caption attached to the verso of this publicity photo reads: "ETERNAL VIGIL -- Private First Class Dwight H. Findley, 24, of Medford, Ore., stands watch at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider at Arlington National Cemetery. President John F. Kennedy will lay a wreath here on Veteran's Day, Saturday, Nov. 11, as a tribute to all veterans of the Armed Forces who gave their lives serving their nation. (U.S. ARMY PHOTO)." President John F. Kennedy laid a wreath at the Tomb on Veterans Day, November 11, 1961.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C194-9-63
Following Memorial Day Ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery, President John F. Kennedy visits the grave of Lieutenant James Forrestal, first Secretary of Defense of the United States and former Secretary of the Navy. Former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, Grant Stockdale, stands at far left. Arlington, Virginia.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C194-8-63
President John F. Kennedy and others listen to a bugle player during Memorial Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Administrator of the Veterans Administration (VA), General John S. Gleason (face obscured), and former United States Ambassador to Ireland, Grant Stockdale, stand right of bugler; United States Navy seamen stand at left in background.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C194-7-63
John F. Kennedy, Jr. and Secret Service agent, Bob Foster, walk past military honor guards at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia; John attended Memorial Day Ceremonies with his father, President John F. Kennedy.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C194-4-63
President John F. Kennedy (center) shakes hands with General Maxwell D. Taylor, following Memorial Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Standing on walkway in center group (L-R): former United States Ambassador to Ireland, Grant Stockdale; General Taylor; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard; the President; Commanding General of the Military District of Washington, Major General Paul A. Gavan; Assistant Press Secretary, Malcolm Kilduff; Administrator of the Veterans Administration (VA), General John S. Gleason. White House Secret Service agent, Bob Foster, stands beside car at right. Arlington Memorial Amphitheater in visible in background at left.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C194-3-63
President John F. Kennedy and others stand at attention during Memorial Day ceremonies at Arlington National Ceremony; as part of the ceremonies, President Kennedy placed a wreath (at left) at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Entrance to the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C194-2-63
President John F. Kennedy and others stand at attention in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, during Memorial Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Left to right: President Kennedy; Commanding General of the Military District of Washington, Major General Paul A. Gavan; General Maxwell D. Taylor; Administrator of the Veterans Administration (VA), General John S. Gleason; former United States Ambassador to Ireland, Grant Stockdale; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; unidentified. U.S. Navy seamen stand at left in background.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C194-11-63
President John F. Kennedy (right) and others listen to a bugle player during Memorial Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia; as part of the ceremonies, President Kennedy placed a wreath (at left) at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Commanding General of the Military District of Washington, Major General Paul A. Gavan (face obscured), stands right of President Kennedy; US Naval seamen stand in center. White House Correspondent for the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Sander Vanocur, stands at left in background.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C194-10-63
As part of Memorial Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery, President John F. Kennedy (at right, assisted by Sergeant Allen Eldredge) places a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Photographers and reporters observe. Arlington, Virginia.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C194-1-63
President John F. Kennedy attends Memorial Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Commanding General of the Military District of Washington, Major General Paul A. Gavan, walks next to President Kennedy (wearing white uniform); White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius, walks in front of the President (at left).
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C389-40-63
President John F. Kennedy walks to meet his son, John F. Kennedy, Jr., following Veterans Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Commanding General of the Military District of Washington, Major General Philip C. Wehle.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C389-39-63
John F. Kennedy, Jr., waits for his father, President John F. Kennedy, following Veterans Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. First Sergeant Eldon J. Johnston stands by car door at left.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C389-38-63
After laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during Veterans Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, President John F. Kennedy and others depart the plaza and walk to Arlington Memorial Amphitheater. Walking with the President: Administrator of the Veterans Administration (VA), General John S. Gleason; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; President of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Luther Skaggs, Jr.; Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; Commanding General of the Military District of Washington, Major General Philip C. Wehle.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C389-29-63
President John F. Kennedy (center left, back to camera) speaks with military officials upon his arrival at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, for Veterans Day ceremonies. Also pictured: John F. Kennedy, Jr. (holding his father’s hand); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Commanding General of the Military District of Washington, Major General Philip C. Wehle; White House Secret Service agents, Bob Foster and Roy Kellerman.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C389-27-63
President John F. Kennedy attends Veterans Day ceremonies at Arlington Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. Standing at front of stage, with backs to camera (L-R): President of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Luther Skaggs, Jr.; Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; President Kennedy; Administrator of the Veterans Administration (VA), General John S. Gleason.