Historical Political Events

A collection of images capturing significant moments in political history, featuring crowds and notable figures during rallies and official meetings.

President Bush speaks in the Rose Garden with his Cabinet

Barcelona, 09/27/2015. Autonomous Elections in Catalonia. Together Pel Si. Photo: Ignacio Gil Archdc.

President Barack Obama meets privately with Damien and Glenda Moore at a FEMA Disaster Recovery Center tent in Staten Island, N.Y., Nov. 15, 2012. The Moores two small children, Brandon and Connor, died after being swept away during Hurricane Sandy.

2012 Democratic National Convention

Barack Obama Campaigning Through Iowa November 18, 2007

Visit of Mexico-US Parliamentarians, 12:08PM. President John F. Kennedy (left) addresses members of the Mexico-United States Interparliamentary Group. Also pictured: Senator Daniel Inouye (Hawaii); White House Communications Agency (WHCA) officer, Joseph W. Culbreth; White House Stenographer, Jack Romagna; White House Correspondent for the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Sander Vanocur; White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C. Please see the President's schedule for a complete list of attendees.

Republican National Convention 2008

Immigrants rally in NYC on May Day

Rear view of a man holding the American flag against cloudy sky

Visit of the Democratic Women on Wheels from Massachusetts, in the Rose Garden, 4:15PM. President John F. Kennedy visits with members of the Democratic Women on Wheels of Massachusetts. Democratic National Committee member and Massachusetts State Senator, Elizabeth A. Betsy Stanton, stands at left (wearing blue dress); Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, stands at far right (back to camera). All others are unidentified. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.

President Joe Biden and U.S. Womens National soccer players Megan Rapinoe and Margaret “Midge” Purce listen as First Lady Jill Biden delivers remarks during a virtual Equal Pay Day event Wednesday, March 24, 2021, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House.

President Barack Obama meets with former Negro League baseball players in the Grand Foyer of the White House, Aug. 5, 2013.

New United States citizens raise their right hand for citizenship oath ceremony in Idaho, USA.

Sargent Shriver, Director, Peace Corps, with volunteers going to Tanganyika. Director of the Peace Corps, Sargent Shriver, speaks to Peace Corps volunteers scheduled to serve in Tanganyika. Rose Garden, White House, Washington D.C.

Flamenco singer hands detail.

Close-up of a person´s hand throwing confetti at a gay parade

First official day at the Department of the Interior: Secretary Dirk Kempthorne touring Main Interior and National Mall, meeting officials, staff, visitors

The Mount Ennon Baptist Church Children's Chorus, from Clinton, Md., perform at an Easter Prayer Breakfast with Christian leaders in the East Room of the White House, April 6, 2010.

Presentation of the National Geographic Society (NGS) Hubbard Medal to members of the American Mount Everest Expedition, 11:00AM. View of ceremony for the presentation of the National Geographic Society's Hubbard Medal to the first American expedition team to summit Mount Everest. President of the National Geographic Society, Melville B. Grosvenor (center, at the microphone), addresses attendees; President John F. Kennedy stands left of Grosvenor. Standing behind the President (lower edge of frame), left to right: William Siri; Daniel Doody; Dave Dingman; Barry Corbet; Barry Bishop; Allen Auten; Expedition Leader, Norman Dyhrenfurth; and unidentified. Those pictured in the crowd include: National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe; White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas; Ambassador of Nepal, Matrika Prasad Koirala; Ambassador of India, B. K. Nehru; and Vice-President for Research and Exploration at the National Geographic Society, Leonard

Washington, D.C., September 12, 2014 Corporation for National and Community Service CEO Wendy Spencer administers the AmeriCorps pledge to over 600 AmeriCorps members on the south lawn of the White House while President Obama and former President Clinton look on. The event was held in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of AmeriCorps.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Meeting with Richard Daley, Mayor of Chicago, 12:21PM. President John F. Kennedy stands with Mayor of Chicago, Richard J. Daley, and officials from Illinois. Left to right: aide to Mayor Daley, Colonel Jack Riley; President of the Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry, Edward C. Logelin, Jr.; President of Hallicrafters Co., William J. Halligan; unidentified; Chairman of the Real Estate Research Corporation, James C. Downs, Jr.; Representative Sidney R. Yates (Illinois); President Kennedy; Mayor Daley; Representative Thomas J. O'Brien (Illinois); President and Chairman of the Continental Illinois Bank and Trust Co., David M. Kennedy. Also included in the President's schedule: President of the Chicago Federation of Labor, William A. Lee; general counsel for the Chicago Transit Authority, William J. Lynch. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.

Meeting with Sukarno, President of Indonesia, and Modibo Keefta, President of Mali, 4:05PM. President John F. Kennedy walks with representatives from the Belgrade Conference of Non-Aligned Nations on the South Lawn of the White House, Washington, D.C. Front row (L-R): President Ahmed Sukarno of Indonesia; President Kennedy; President Modibo Keefta of Mali; unidentified. Secretary of State Dean Rusk walks with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia Dr. Subandrio in background.

Jimmy Carter and President William Tolbert of Liberia engage in a toast during a state dinner in honor of Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter. circa 04/03/1978.

President Barack Obama hugs outgoing Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius before she departs an Affordable Care Act update meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, May 15, 2014.

Naval Aide staff member HMC Wilho I. Tommila with visitor on the South Lawn. Staff member in the Office of the Naval Aide, Chief Hospital Corpsman Wilho I. Tommila (left), stands with his nephew, Peter J. Tommila, on the South Lawn of the White House, Washington, D.C.

President Donald Trump with the Super Bowl Champions, The New England Patriots, on the South Lawn of the White House on April 19, 2017

Silhouette of woman behind American flag

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Person holding American flag (4th of July, USA)

March on Washington Crowds looking toward Washington Monument from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, 8/28/1963. (GG Vintage Images/UIG)

Teenage girl at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, DC, USA; Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Visit of members of a Masonic group, 10:25AM. President John F. Kennedy greets a group of Freemasons in the Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C. The group represented the eighth International Conference of the Supreme Council of Freemasonry, and had just completed a tour of the White House. Chief of White House Police, Major Ralph C. "Smokey" Stover, stands in back at left.

First Lady Michelle Obama, with daughters Sasha and Malia, watch the arrival of the official White House Christmas Tree at the North Portico of the White House, Nov. 26, 2010.

Trip to Western States: Pueblo, Colorado, 12:50PM. President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks in Pueblo, Colorado, to commemorate the Fryingpan-Arkansas Reclamation Project. Also pictured on speakers platform: Senator Gordon Allott (Colorado); Senator Clair Engle (California); Secretary of the Interior, Stewart L. Udall; Governor of Colorado, Stephen L. R. McNichols; Senator John A. Carroll and Representative Wayne N. Aspinall (both of Colorado); Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, Floyd E. Dominy; Representative Peter H. Dominick (Colorado). Pueblo Public Schools Stadium, Pueblo, Colorado.

Author and domestic-violence survivor Carolyn Colleen shares her personal story of perseverance and more during the 2022 Fort McCoy Womens Equality Day observance held Aug. 25, 2022, at McCoys Community Center at Fort McCoy, Wis. The event featured many displays about womens equality. The event, organized by Equal Opportunity Advisor Master Sgt. Ana Guzman with the Fort McCoy Garrison Equal Opportunity Office, recognizes the day the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was passed on Aug. 26, 1920, giving women the right to vote.

Caucasian woman reading letter on porch

Inspection tour of NASA installations: Houston, Texas, motorcade, address at Rice University, 9:34AM. President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at Rice University regarding the nations efforts in space exploration. Standing in back on speakers platform (applauding): Mayor of Houston, Lewis Cutrer; Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Representative George P. Miller (California). Rice University Stadium, Houston, Texas.

President Bush attends wreath-laying ceremony at the Pentagon, commemorating 5th anniversary of 911 attacks

Anefo photo collection. Queen's Day 1964. Defilé Palace Soestdijk. April 30, 1964. Soestdijk, Utrecht

Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs - Assistant Secretary of the Department of Labor Geri Palast Farewell

1996 Republican National Convention, San Diego, California

Trip to Mexico: Ciudad Satellite, Address to the American Society of Mexico, 12:30PM. President of the American Society of Mexico, Willard D. Andrews (at lectern), delivers remarks at the Societys Fourth of July celebration; President John F. Kennedy attends. Seated in first row (L-R): U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Thomas C. Mann; Governor of the State of Mexico, Dr. Gustavo Baz; President Kennedy; Mexican Ambassador to the United States, Antonio Carrillo Flores. Also pictured: President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, Harold F. Linder; U.S. Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); General Cristóbal Guzmán Cárdenas; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard; U.S. Military Attaché to Mexico, Brigadier General Chester L. Johnson; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton. Ciudad Satélite, Mexico.

Woman suffrage pickets at the White House circa 1917.

ReNaye Davis, from Fredericksbrg, Virginia poses for a photo prior to the start of the Semper 5ive, adjacent to James Monroe High School, Fredericksburg, Virginia, May 22, 2022. The Semper 5ive is a 3.1-mile USA Track and Field certified moderate hills course loop through the beautiful historical residential streets to promote physical fitness, generate goodwill in the community, and showcase the organizational skills of the Marine Corps.

Inaugural parade, the president escort leads the way down Pennsylvania Ave., between 4th and 7th street, during the 1993 Inauguration Parade. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

President Barack Obama gets a hug from nurse Sonia Reich after addressing nurses at the White House about health care insurance reform Sept. 10, 2009. From left, nurses Nate Guyton, Linda Grual, President of the American Nurses Association Becky Patton (obscured), the President, and Reich.

President Barack Obama addresses United States Secret Service Uniformed Division officers before a group photo at the South Portico of the White House, April 4, 2011. (Office White House Photo by Pete Souza) This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.

First official day at the Department of the Interior: Secretary Dirk Kempthorne touring Main Interior and National Mall, meeting officials, staff, visitors

First Lady Michelle Obama speaks during the "Let's Move!" chefs event on the South Lawn of the White House, June 4, 2010.

Grandfather & grandson in a park along the Jin River - Chengdu, China in Sichuan Province

El Ferik Ibrahim Abboud, President of Sudan, visits the Lincoln Memorial. President El Ferik Ibrahim Abboud of Sudan visits the Lincoln Memorial. President Abboud (center); Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke (second from right); others unidentified. Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.

First Lady Jacqueline Kennedys (JBK) Musical Program for Youth, 10:35AM. President John F. Kennedy (center left, in background) delivers remarks before an audience on the South Lawn at the fourth in First Lady Jacqueline Kennedys series of Musical Programs for Youth by Youth. Members of the National High School Symphony Orchestra from the National Music Camp at Interlochen, Michigan, sit on the bandstand, behind President Kennedy; orchestra conductor and President of the National Music Camp, Dr. Joseph E. Maddy (on bandstand), stands left of the President. White House, Washington, D.C.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Washington, D.C.'s Tidal Basin and surrounding area, where he joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, National Mall and Memorial Parks Superintendent Peggy O'Dell, and National Cherry Blossom Festival, Inc. President Diana Mayhew for a press conference announcement of new and enhanced visitor services on the National Mall in time for the 2008 Cherry Bloossom Festival. The Secretary also spoke with National Park Service staff, U.S. Park Police personnel, and visitors around the Tidal Basin and National Mall.

Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan, center, holds the autographed basketball given to him by President Barack Obama following their Oval Office meeting Tuesday, July 28, 2009, to discuss the outcomes of the first U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue. Looking on at left is Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo.

Senator John Kerry embraces African-American child at the Thomas Mack Center at UNLV, Las Vegas, NV

Caroline Kennedy (CBK) with her pony Macaroni. Caroline Kennedy sits astride her pony, Macaroni. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.

Presentation of 1961 Presidents Cup Regatta Trophy, 12:00PM. President John F. Kennedy presents the Presidents Cup to Bill Muncey, winner of the Presidents Cup Regatta Unlimited Hydroplane race, in the Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Naval Aide to the President Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; President Kennedy; two unidentified women; Bill Muncey; crew member Jerry Rhodes; owner of the winning boat Willard Rhodes; unidentified (mostly hidden); Representative Don Magnuson of Washington.

The Kennedy family (Robert, Jacqueline and Edward Kennedy) lead the funeral procession to St. Matthew's Cathedral for JFK's funeral service. November 25, 1963. Abbie Rowe photographer.

2006 Family Heritage Awards Ceremony at the National Park Service's Ellis Island Immigration Museum in New York City, New York, with Acting Interior Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett among the speakers and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, author Frank McCourt, advertising executive Shelly Lazarus, and major league baseball's Tommy Lasorda among the featured awardees

Independence Day events around the Department of Interior headquarters building and the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

2008 Republican National Convention

Trip to Boston: President Kennedy greets the Sisters of St. Joseph at St. Columbkille Convent, Brighton, Massachusetts. President John F. Kennedy (left, back to camera) greets the Sisters of Saint Joseph at St. Columbkille Convent in Brighton, Massachusetts.

Apollo 11 American astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin (Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr.) warm welcomed by the crowd after the mission that brought them on the Moon. New York, August 1969.

First Lady Jacqueline Kennedys (JBK) Musical Program for Youth, 2:35PM. View of audience assembled on the South Lawn of the White House during the third in First Lady Jacqueline Kennedys series of Musical Programs for Youth by Youth. Washington, D.C.

Members of the 2007 Foreign Service Selection Board posing for group portrait on swearing in day

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao Race for the Cure

Visit of Peace Corps trainees, 4:25PM. President John F. Kennedy (left, on speakers platform) delivers remarks to a group of Peace Corps trainees. Also pictured: Associate Director of Program Development and Operations of the Peace Corps, Warren W. Wiggins; Chief of the Division of Training of the Peace Corps, Dr. Joseph F. Kauffman; newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr.; White House media network electrician, Cleve Ryan; intern in the White House Press Office, Mimi Beardsley; White House Secret Service agent, Arthur L. Art Godfrey. The Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial are visible in the distance. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.

Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade along Constitution Avenue, Washington, D.C., where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne participated in the U.S. Park Police motorcycle procession

Marathon Spectators by The Washington National Monument, Washington, D.C.

Day of Remembrance. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson lays a wreath at the Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial during NASA's Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Wreaths were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Four space pioneers pose for a photo in the Rocket Garden at the KSC Visitor Complex. From left are Gordon Cooper, Wally Schirra, Scott Carpenter and John Glenn Jr. The occasion was the celebration of the 40th anniversary of American spaceflight. The event was held Feb. 24, 2002

USA, Oregon, Portland. Vietnamese parade float.

Inaugural ceremonies at U.S. Capitol, and Inaugural Parade. Inaugural Parade for President John F. Kennedy along Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. President Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; the Presidents parents Rose Kennedy and Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; and Lady Bird Johnson and others watch from reviewing stand as unidentified marching band passes.

El Ferik Ibrahim Abboud, President of Sudan, visits the Lincoln Memorial. President El Ferik Ibrahim Abboud of Sudan visits the Lincoln Memorial. President Abboud (center); Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke (far right, wearing hat); others unidentified. Washington Monument in background. Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., President of Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and Mathew Ahmann, Executive Director of National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice, in a Crowd at Civil Rights March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C., USA, Rowland Scherman, August 28, 1963

Woman Suffrage Movement - Bonfire on the sidewalk in front of the White House circa 1918 .

USA, Louisiana, New Orleans, Mardi Gras parade

First Lady Jacqueline Kennedys (JBK) Musical Program for Youth, 2:35PM. President John F. Kennedy (center) leaves the stage after delivering remarks at the third in First Lady Jacqueline Kennedys series of Musical Programs for Youth by Youth. Conductor of the Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra (GBYSO), Dr. Marvin Rabin (right), stands onstage with the orchestra; members of the Breckenridge Boys Choir stand in formation at far right. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.

Dedication of new memorial at the African Burial Ground National Monument in New York City, New York, with keynote address by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and presentations by dignitaries including New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York Senator Charles Schumer, General Services Administrator Lurita Doan, National Park Service Deputy Director for Operations Dan Wenk, African Burial Ground Superintendent Tara Morrison, New York Public Library Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Director Howard Dodson, poet and novelist Maya Angelou, and actors Sidney Poitier and Avery Brooks. The permanent memorial, constructed to honor the memories of the free and enslaved Africans bured at the original seven-acre Lower Manhattan site in the 17th and 18th Centuries, was opened to the public for the first time.

Trip to Maine Massachusetts: Massachusetts, Boston, Harvard-Columbia Football Game, 1:50PM. President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) attends a football game between Harvard University and Columbia University. Also pictured: Special Assistants to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell and Dave Powers; Senator Edmund Muskie (Maine); Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations, Lawrence O Brien; White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring, Jerry Blaine, and Ron Pontius. Harvard Stadium, Boston, Massachusetts.

Trip to Mexico: Motorcade with President Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (JBK), President of Mexico Adolfo López Mateos and wife Eva Mateos, 11:45AM. President John F. Kennedy waves from a convertible during the motorcade to Los Pinos, the official residence of the President of Mexico, following his and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedys arrival in Mexico. President of Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos (right), stands in the car with President Kennedy (both partially obscured by confetti). The Catedral de México (Metropolitan Cathedral) and the Galería Palacio Nacional (National Palace) are visible in the background. A motorcycle escort precedes the motorcade; spectators line the street. Mexico City, Mexico.

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