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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6818-C
President John F. Kennedy signs S.J. Res. 51, authoring the creation of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Commission, a commission to plan for the construction of a permanent memorial to President Woodrow Wilson in Washington, D.C. Seated (L – R): President Kennedy; Edith Wilson, wife of President Wilson. Standing (L – R): Francis B. Sayre, son-in-law of President Wilson; Senator Harrison Williams (New Jersey); Congressman Frank Osmers (New Jersey); Harriet Sayre, wife of Reverend Francis B. Sayre, Jr.; Reverend Sayre, grandson of President Wilson; Thomas Sayre, Reverend Sayre's son; Jessie Sayre, Reverend Sayre's daughter; Margaret C. Brown, personal secretary to Mrs. Wilson (behind children); Under Secretary of the Interior John Carver; Arthur Sweetser, Director of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.