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Historical Ceremonies with U.S. Presidents

Black and white images of significant presidential ceremonies highlight key moments with world leaders and military officials during the Kennedy administration.

Uncaptioned. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Dedication ceremonies, Dulles International Airport, 11:12AM. President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks at the dedication ceremony for Dulles International Airport, named after the late Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles. Also pictured on speakers' platform: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (standing, mostly hidden); former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (standing); Aline B. Saarinen (widow of the architect for the airport, Eero Saarinen); former director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Allen W. Dulles. Chantilly, Virginia.

RADM Richard C. Berry, deputy commander, Naval Surface Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet, speaks at the commissioning of the guided missile frigate USS ANTRIM (FFG-20). Base: Seattle State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Presentation of a painting, The Whites of Their Eyes, by Ken Riley to President Kennedy, 12:00PM. President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks upon receiving a painting of the Battle of Bunker Hill by artist Kenneth Ken Riley, entitled The Whites of their Eyes, from representatives of the National Guard Bureau; the painting is the first in a series of National Guard heritage paintings commissioned by the National Guard Bureau. Left to right: Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Major General D. W. McGowan; President Kennedy (at microphone); Representative James A. Burke of Massachusetts (partially hidden, over the Presidents left shoulder); Representative Thomas P. Tip O Neill, Jr. (Massachusetts); President of the National Guard Association of the United States, Major General William H. Harrison, Jr. (in back, partially hidden); Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance (in back); Representative Thomas J. Lane (Massachusetts); Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General George H. Decke

12/31/1936. Commissioner Argimiro addressing the public at the tribute to the 42nd Brigade, held at the Music Palace.

Harry S. Truman, President of the United States, delivers the concluding speech at the ceremonies attending the signing of the Natural Defense Treaty between the United States and the Republic of the Philippines. In the background left to right are Senators Wiley and Connally, Mr. Dulles, and Secretary Acheson.The United States of America and the Republic of the Philippines have just signed a Mutual Defense Treaty at Washington, D.C. At the signing ceremony, in the auditorium of the U. S. Department of State, the presidents of both nations pledged that they would stand together In freedom and peace.Harry S. Truman, President of the United states, who made the closing speech said: In peace as well as in War, our countries have worked together...this treaty, therefore, is a natural development springing from the long association of our countries and our common sacrifices for freedom." January 10, 1952. (Photo by United States Information Center).

Andrei Gromyko, wants ***** bomb making forbidden. June 25, 1946. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Photo collection Government information service. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection of photo collection Government information service own, photo number 156-0366. 1956

Guest speakers stand for the national anthem during the launching ceremony for the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS BUFFALO (SSN-715). Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SN-86-07003. Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Edward J. Campbell, president, Newport News Shipbuilding, speaks during the commissioning ceremony of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS HOUSTON (SSN 713). Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Dedication ceremonies, Dulles International Airport, 11:12AM. Former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower (at lectern), delivers remarks at the dedication ceremony for Dulles International Airport, named after the late Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles; President John F. Kennedy sits at left. Also pictured on speakers' platform: Director of the Bureau of National Capital Airports, G. Ward Hobbs (face obscured); Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John McCone; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Aline B. Saarinen (widow of the architect for the airport, Eero Saarinen). Chantilly, Virginia.

Anefo photo collection. Treatment Senate Convention Crossroad weapons United States. CDA spokesperson Piet Bukman. March 25, 1986. Hague, South Holland

Arrival ceremony for Ahmed Ben Bella, Prime Minister of Algeria, 11:45AM. Prime Minister of Algeria, Ahmed Ben Bella (at microphones), delivers remarks during an arrival ceremony in his honor. Standing on reviewing platform (left to right): President John F. Kennedy; Prime Minister Ben Bella; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria, Mohammed Khemisti (in back, partially hidden); U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Algerian Minister of Habous, Tewfik El Madani; U.S. Department of State interpreter, Edmund S. Glenn (in foreground); Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup (in back, partially hidden). Military honor guard troops stand at left in the background. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.

DN-SN-85-02439. Base: Yorktown State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo photo collection. Mission Zaanlandse, Proefaart Thea Danielsen. October 25, 1962

Americans recently released from Iran, where they were held hostage, and their families disembark from Freedom One, an Air Force VC-137 Stratoliner aircraft. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Trip to North Carolina: Visit to Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Military officials and staff visit 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (L u2013 R): General George H. Decker, Chief of Staff of the United States Army; Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army; unidentified man; Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agent, Bob Lilley. Secret Service agent, Gerald A. Jerry Behn, stands in background (wearing sunglasses). Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

06/12/1975. The Mortal Remains of Mr. Fernando blacksmith weaver arrive at dawn at the headquarters of the national council of the Movie, where the Burning Carpilla would be installed. Among the Protadores, Aadolfo Suárez.

DN-SN-86-01267. Base: Newport State: Rhode Island (RI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Meeting with the Commander in Chief, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Mr. Byron B. Gentry 9:40AM. President John F. Kennedy meets with Commander-in-Chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Byron B. Gentry (left). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.

DN-SN-86-12569. Base: Key West State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Weekend in Newport, Rhode Island: Announcement of the appointment of Director Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone, at the Naval War College, 12:00PM. President John F. Kennedy talks with Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Allen Dulles (left of the President) and CIA Director-designate John McCone (right) outside Founders Hall at the Naval War College, United States Naval Base, Newport, Rhode Island. Secret Service agent Gerald Jerry Behn (wearing sunglasses) stands behind the President.

Captain Gerald Gneckow, Commanding Officer of the USS IOWA (BB 61), speaks during the commissioning ceremony for battleship. Seated behind him are, right to left: Vice President George H. Bush, Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman Jr., Admiral Wesley McDonald, Commander in Chief, US Atlantic Fleet. This is the third time the IOWA has been put into active service. Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Inspection tour of NASA installations: Houston, Texas, NASA Rich Building, departure, 11:10AM. President John F. Kennedy views space flight equipment during a tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas. Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (center left), briefs President Kennedy; Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth, stands at left. Also pictured: Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Representative George P. Miller (California); Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell. The President visited the Center as part of a two-day inspection to

George Washington Birthday Ceremony, Washington Memorial, Washington DC, USA, Harris & Ewing, February 22, 1922

Louis Batas, International Association of Machinists, and Edward LeMay, Retirement Association, place wreath on Veterans plaque, representing all employee organizations , Military parades & ceremonies, Memorial Day, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Photo moment of annual wreaths at the monument "For those who fell" in Den Helder on May 4, 1954. A fleetal mugdenier expresses a memory. Is part of Object series AVDKM 540168 to 540177.

09/10/1929. Jose Calvo Sotelo with a group of Carabineros Colonels who went to thank him.

Anefo photo collection. Delegation from VVDM received at Ministry of Defense. May 21, 1973

Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, Captain David G. Kalb, speaks during the christening and launching ceremonies for the guided missile frigate USS REID (FFG 30) at the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., Los Angeles Division. Base: Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An overabundance of police, some equipped with chakos, here in Bochum in 1969, protected a ludicrously occupied gathering of the radical right-wing NPD from a hundred young people who came to demonstrate against the neo-Nazis, Germany, Europe

Commencement Address at the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, 11:04AM. President John F. Kennedy delivers the commencement address to the graduating class at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Chief of Staff of the United States Navy Admiral Arleigh A. Burke is seated on the far left.

St. Lo's New Hospital, Inaugural Ceremonies. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

A drill instructor display in the War Memorial Marine Corps Museum at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot with photographs showing various stages of training for recruits. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SN-85-07339. Base: Naval Submarine Base, Groton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SN-86-06772. Base: Groton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Bill signing - H.R. 5555, Uniformed Services Pay Act (Military Pay Increase) 9:30AM. President John F. Kennedy (seated at table) signs H.R. 5555, a bill to amend Title 37 of the United States Code to increase the rates of basic pay for members of the armed forces. Standing behind President Kennedy (left to right): Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr. (North Carolina); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Richard B. Russell (Georgia); Representative L. Mendel Rivers (South Carolina); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Senator Howard W. Cannon (Nevada); Representative William H. Bates (Massachusetts); Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); unidentified (in back); Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Representative Arthur Winstead (Mississippi); Representative William G. Bray (Indiana); Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance (very back, mostly hidden); Undersecretary of the Air Force, Dr. Brockway McMill

Trip to Louisiana and Florida: Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Air Proving Ground Center, Manned Weapons Firepower Demonstration, 1:15PM. President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) watches a manned weapons firepower demonstration at the Air Proving Ground Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Okaloosa County, Florida. Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh, sits at left; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay, sits at right (partially hidden).

John M. Murphy, vice president, Corporate Relations, National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), speaks at the launching ceremony for the cable repair ship USNS ZEUS (T-ARC-7). The ship was built by NASSCO. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Launching super destroyer USS FRANK KNOX , Launches. Photographs of the First Naval District

American Legion delegation in the East Wing Garden. A delegation from the American Legion stands on the East Wing Lawn of the White House, Washington, D.C.

Chaplain (Cmdr.) Keely, USN, gives an invocation at the commissioning ceremony for the Australian frigate HMAS CANBERRA (F-02) at Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation. Base: Seattle State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo photo collection. National commemoration on the Dam; Kranzegging of ministers v.l.n.r. Wiegel, Van Agt, Scholten. May 4, 1978

A guest is escorted to her seat by a Lieutenant Junior Grade prior to the commissioning ceremony of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS HOUSTON (SSN 713). Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Goebbels. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.

Group on stage for Ordnance Department U.S.A. event , Military parades & ceremonies, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Visit of American Field Service Students, 9:50AM. President John F. Kennedy (on speakers platform at right) delivers remarks to American Field Service (AFS) students; Director General of the AFS, Stephen Galatti, stands behind platform. Also pictured: White House Communications Agency (WHCA) officer, Oscar N. Smith; White House media network electrician, Cleve Ryan. The Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial are visible in the distance. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.

DF-SN-86-12674. Base: Panama City Country: Panama (PAN)

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Woodworking, men, microphones, congratulations. undated

The Fight For Freedom Gets Two New Allies -- Representatives of the two latest countries -- Mexico and the Philippines--who joined up to fight the good fight under the banners of the United Nations are seated on either side of President Roosevelt in the White House at Washington, behind a desk used by Abraham Lincoln, great U.S. Civil War President as allied leaders met to reaffirm the United Nations' pact on America's Flag Day. Left to right, at the desk, are; Mexican Ambassador Dr. Francisco Castillo Najera; President Roosevelt; Manuel Quezon, President of the Philippine Commonwealth, and U.S. Secretary of State, Cordell Hull. In the group at the rear are various United Nations representatives, each standing before the flag of his fighting country. September 1, 1942. (Photo by Interphoto News Pictures, Inc.).

Rear Admiral E.A. McVadon, commander, Iceland Defense Force/island commander, Iceland, presents President Ronald W. Reagan with an Iceland Defense Force ball cap during a gathering in the president's honor. Reagan is in Keflavik preparing for his summit meeting with Mikhail S. Gorbachev of the Soviet Union. Base: Naval Air Station, Keflavik Country: Iceland (ISL)

The Dutch army is practicing in La Courtine. Pay attention! The above description is a generic series description based on the information stated by the army film and photo service. In the long term, this global description will be specified.

Frigate De Ruyter (1976-2001) is baptized by Mrs. J.A. Roest-Stuij, wife of the BDZ, and also towater ones at the KMS, Vlissingen

Filming remarks for the National Meeting of the Association of the United States Army, and for the Olympic Games, 12:00PM. President John F. Kennedy (standing on stairs) films remarks for the Association of the United States Army and the American Olympic Committee. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.

Anefo photo collection. Visit to Royal Navy in Den Helder by Beatrix and Claus, cruise through a new port per admiraal inspection. May 6, 1981. Den Helder

The 2nd Party Congress of the German Communist Party (DKP) was held in Duesseldorf from 25. 11. 1971 to 28. 1971, Germany, Europe

MASTER CHIEF Avionics Technician Lawrence Draeger, seated, senior enlisted advisor for CHIEF of Naval Education and Training, holds a staff meeting. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo photo collection. Commemoration 283rd birthday Corps Marines. December 10, 1948

DN-SN-87-00160. Base: Naval Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Rep. Norman D. Dicks, D-Washington, speaks during the launching ceremony for the Australian guided missile frigate HMAS DARWIN (FFG-44). Base: Seattle State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo photo collection. Second Chamber Defense Budget. Van Esch, Den Toom, Haex. October 30, 1969

Carol Thomas joins a very elite group of women in the Air National Guard as she receives her Brigadier General stars from the Honorable Bob Miller, Governor of Nevada (Ieft) and Major General Donald Sheppard, Director of the Air National Guard. Brigadier General Thomas is Nevada's first woman general and the first woman to serve as CHIEF of STAFF for Air to the state's adjutant general. She is a registered nurse in civilian life and has served as an Air Force flight nurse. Base: Reno State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SN-89-02403. Base: Malabo Country: Equatorial Guinea (GNQ)

DN-SN-87-01403. Country: Monaco (MCO)

White House Police Officer. White House Police officer, Sherwood Dix Rodman, stands on the East Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.

DN-SN-88-09200. Base: New York State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SN-85-07732. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

William Rose, Mayor of Vincennes, Indiana, speaks during the christening ceremony for the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS VINCENNES (CG 49) at Ingalls Shipbuilding. Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Keeleting of the Hr.Ms. Karel Doorman (1991-2006) at the Kon. Me. The Scheldt in Vlissingen.

MGEN Charles G. Cooper, commanding general, Marine Corps base, speaks to the officers and men of the 8th Marine Regiment during the visit of Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger. Standing to the sides of the general are a civilian television cameraman and a secret service agent for Weinberger. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

COL Jack R. Lousma, commander, third test mission of the space shuttle Columbia, talks to a group of Marines and poolees in front of the State Capitol building, during the poolees' promotion ceremony. Standing to his left is Marine CPT Robert Steffenson. Base: Lansing State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Two boys admiring Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., USA, Marjory Collins, U.S. Office of War Information, May 1942

President Ronald W. Reagan addresses military personnel gathered in his honor. Reagan is in Keflavik preparing for his summit meeting with Mikhail S. Gorbachev of the Soviet Union. Base: Naval Air Station, Keflavik Country: Iceland (ISL)

Presidential Assistant John J. McNally with Mexican Military Academy Cadets in East Wing Garden see also White House Staff Files of John J. McNally (#8.32). Special Assistant to the President, John J. McNally (front row, far right), stands with Mexican Military Academy cadets and U.S. Military officers on the East Wing Lawn of the White House, Washington, D.C. See also White House Staff Files of John J. McNally (#8.32)

Address at Veterans Day Ceremonies, Arlington National Cemetery, 11:01AM. 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: Thomas Stirling, National Commander of the Legion of Valor; Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; 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; and Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General David M. Shoup.

Anefo photo collection. Debate in the House of Representatives about possible excesses in military actions in Indonesia in the 1941 1948 Nos 19, 20, 21: Den Uyl A / H Word, no. 22 :. March 25, 1969

William P. Clark, assistant secretary to the President for National Security Affairs, delivers the principal address at the launching ceremony for the Los Angeles class nuclear-powered attack submarine HONOLULU (SSN 718). Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SN-85-13019. Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Sen. Trent Lott of Mississippi speaks at the christening of the amphibious assault ship ESSEX (LHD-2). Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi(MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Senator Don Nickles, Republican-Oklahoma, speaks at the launching of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS OKLAHOMA CITY (SSN 723). Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo photo collection. Formation work on general matters; From Agt with ice cream. July 14, 1977

DN-SN-88-03111. Base: USS Missouri (BB 63)

Sen. Jeremiah H. Denton Jr., R-Ala., delivers the principal address during the christening ceremony for the Aegis guided missile cruiser MOBILE BAY (CG-53). Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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