Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-347-1-62
President John F. Kennedy (center, seated on speakers' platform) and others listen as Secretary of the Interior, Stewart L. Udall (at lectern), delivers remarks at the dedication of the Oahe Dam and Reservoir, on the banks of the Missouri River, near Pierre, South Dakota. Others on platform include: U.S. Senatorial candidate from South Dakota, George McGovern; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Governor of South Dakota, Archie M. Gubbrud; Missouri River Division Engineer, Brigadier General Robert F. Seedlock; Chief of Army Engineers, Lieutenant General Walter K. Wilson, Jr.; sculptor, Korczak Ziolkowski; Omaha District Engineer, Colonel Harry G. Woodbury, Jr. An unidentified member of the color guard stands at right in foreground.