Official Ceremonies and Events

Group gatherings at formal events featuring individuals in business attire, engaging in discussions and ceremonies, highlighting political and social contexts.

Event honoring National Park Service (NPS) Randy Jones Leadership Fellows, with NPS Director Fran Mainella, Secretary's Chief of Staff Brian Waidmann, other senior Interior officials on hand at Main Interior

National Park Foundation event at the Phipps Mansion in Denver, Colorado, honoring Junior Ranger Program, with appearances by, left to right, National Park Foundation President Vin Cipolla, Secretary Gale Norton, and First Lady Laura Bush

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Hoover Dam area, Boulder City, Nevada for activities marking historic Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement, providing for reduction in California reliance on Colorado River water and protection of authorized shares of water for six other Colorado River Basin states

Outgoing Deputy Secretary J. Steven Griles, far right, making final round of appearances, on the last day of his tenure, with Secretary Gale Norton, far left, and Department of Interior headquarters staff

Swearing-in ceremony, reception for Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, with President George W. Bush, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Interior officials, Kempthorne family and friends on hand

Swearing-in ceremony, reception for Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, with President George W. Bush, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Interior officials, Kempthorne family and friends on hand

Secretary of the Interior Historic Preservation Awards ceremony at Main Interior, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, and National Park Service Director Mary Bomar leading the proceedings

Secretary Gale Norton with Department of Interior staff during Interior headquarters farewell activities in period following announcement of her intended departure

Secretary Gale Norton with the parents of former Fish and Wildlife staffer Richard Guadagno, at gathering of participants in the swearing-in ceremony for the members of the Flight 93 National Memorial Federal Advisory Commission, including Gerald Guadagno, Richard's father. Ceremony was at the temporary memorial, near Shanksville, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter and National Park Service Northeast Region Director Mary Bomar, front left to right, with Secretary Gale Norton and National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, rear, at National Park System Advisory Board meeting, Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia

Event honoring National Park Service (NPS) Randy Jones Leadership Fellows, with NPS Director Fran Mainella, Secretary's Chief of Staff Brian Waidmann, other senior Interior officials on hand at Main Interior

Secretary Gale Norton with Department of Interior staff during Interior headquarters farewell activities in period following announcement of her intended departure

Secretary Gale Norton with visiting group, including Iraqi guests, at Department of Interior headquarters, Washington, D.C.

Office of the Chief Financial Officer - Office of the Chief Financial Officer Retirement Celebration for Michael N. Griffin

Flag ceremony for John Maisto, departing U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States, former Special Assistant to President Bush and Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs for National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, and former U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela and Nicaragua

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman at ORD's AA Paul Gilman swearing-in , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Gale Norton with Department of Interior staff during Interior headquarters farewell activities in period following announcement of her intended departure

Swearing-in event for Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, with Secretary Gale Norton presiding

American Recreation Coalition (ARC) awards event at the Decatur House, Washington, D.C., where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne received the 2008 Sheldon Coleman Great Outdoors Award. Joining the Secretary and his wife, Patricia, at the event were ARC President Derrick Crandall, ARC Chairman Thom Dammrich, and Coleman Company President Sam Solomon, among other dignitaries.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Jamestown Settlement, Virginia, where he joined National Park Service Director Fran Mainella and other officials for tours of the grounds and a re-created version of the 17th Century vessel, the Godspeed, as well as for other events marking the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown

Swearing-in event for Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, with Secretary Gale Norton presiding

Linda Combs Swearing-in ceremony , Environmental Protection Agency

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Chair Howard Dodson, Secretary Gale Norton, General Services Administration head David Bibb, left to right, at ceremony marking announcement of National Monument status for the African Burial Ground, New York City, New York

Departure gathering, hosted by Secretary Gale Norton at Department of Interior headquarters, honoring outgoing Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Craig Manson

Swearing-in event for Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, with Secretary Gale Norton presiding

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne with wife, Patricia, at Main Interior

Amy Lamb photography exhibit opening at Main Interior, with Secretary Gale Norton, Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget and Finance Robert Lamb (husband of Amy Lamb) among the Interior officials on hand

Secretary Gale Norton posing with Department of Interior staff in week following her departure announcement

Retirement ceremony for Helen Ellis and Lee Young, members of Deputy Secretary's staff, with appearances by current Deputy Secretary Richard Armitage, former Deputy Secretary Strobe Talbott, and former Deputy Secretary and Acting Secretary Lawrence Eagleburger, among other officials

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao with Cong Norwood and Ralph Regula

Secretary Gale Norton, far right, among attendees at events in Warm Springs, Oregon marking an agreement among federal authorities, Warm Springs Reservation leaders, and Portland General Electric officials concerning Deschutes River ecological protection, hydroelectric facility relicensing

Employment and Training Administration / Office of Public Affairs - Swearing-In Emily De Rocce, John Henshaw

Linda Combs Swearing-in ceremony , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Gale Norton with Department of Interior staff during Interior headquarters farewell activities in period following announcement of her intended departure

American Recreation Coalition (ARC) awards event at the Decatur House, Washington, D.C., where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne received the 2008 Sheldon Coleman Great Outdoors Award. Joining the Secretary and his wife, Patricia, at the event were ARC President Derrick Crandall, ARC Chairman Thom Dammrich, and Coleman Company President Sam Solomon, among other dignitaries.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao with Cong Norwood and Ralph Regula

July 4th celebration in and around Main Interior, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne among the senior officials on hand

Secretary Gale Norton with Department of Interior staff during Interior headquarters farewell activities in period following announcement of her intended departure

Secretary Gale Norton, right, with young attendee, at the swearing-in ceremony for the members of the Flight 93 National Memorial Federal Advisory Commission. Event was held at the site of the temporary memorial, near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, honoring the passengers and crew of the plane hijacked on September 11, 2001

Office of the Deputy Secretary - Swearing- In David Sampson

Secretary Gale Norton, Deputy Secretary J. Steven Griles posing with Bureau of Land Management Director, Kathleen Clarke, center

The family of Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Joe Acaba applauds as they watch the docking of the Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft on the TV screen at the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia, Thursday, May 17, 2012. The Soyuz docked to the International Space Station with Acaba and fellow crew members, Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin two days after they launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Donald Evans on Capitol Hill (2/02/05 and 2/03/05)

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site in Hodgenville, Kentucky, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, Historic Site Superintendent Keith Pruitt, and Libby O'Connell, Chief Historian of A and E Television's History Channel, for tours, remarks, interactions with National Park Service staff and visitors

National Park Service Northeast Region's Mary Bomar, far left, with Secretary Gale Norton and Park Service Director Fran Mainella, far right, among attendees at National Park System Advisory Board Scholars Forum on the Service's educational role, at Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia

Office of the Chief Financial Officer - Office of the Chief Financial Officer Retirement Celebration for Michael N. Griffin

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman and Deputy Administrator Linda Fisher with Office of Internation Activities (OIA) and Office of Environmental Information (OEI) staff , Environmental Protection Agency

Independence National Historical Park Superintendent Dennis Reidenbach, left, with Secretary Gale Norton during the Secretary's visit to Independence Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for the National Park System Advisory Board meeting and Scholars Forum on the Park Service role as civic educator

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Oath Ceremony, Stephen L. Johnson , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo hosts the Egypt-Israel Treaty of Peace 40th Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 30, 2019.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides on tour of the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan

Secretary Gale Norton with Department of Interior staff during Interior headquarters farewell activities in period following announcement of her intended departure

Secretary Gale Norton, far left, and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, Dave Anderson, far right, with artist and educator Cruz McDaniels II, honored at the Living Legacy Awards event, recognizing contributions to Native American arts promotion, at Department of Interior headquarters, Washington, D.C.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao with Chase Forester and Group from Kentucky

Foreign Affairs Day 2006 ceremonies, speeches, award presentations. Events included ceremony at the American Foreign Service Association's (AFSA) Memorial Plaque, in the Harry S. Truman Building's C Street Lobby, honoring foreign service officers who died in the line of duty.

Former Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall, far left, conversing during events at Department of Interior headquarters honoring the former Secretary and the late Congressman Morris Udall

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site in Hodgenville, Kentucky, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, Historic Site Superintendent Keith Pruitt, and Libby O'Connell, Chief Historian of A and E Television's History Channel, for tours, remarks, interactions with National Park Service staff and visitors

Secretary Gale Norton with National Park Service Director Fran Mainella and other members of the federal Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission at swearing-in event for the Commissioners, responsible for planning programs and events marking the anniversary of the Virginia settlement

Swearing-in event for Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, with Secretary Gale Norton presiding

Events honoring Chandler Robbins, leading ornithologist, founder of the North American Breeding Bird Survey, and research wildlife biologist at the U.S. Geological Survey Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Maryland, retired after 60 years of federal government work on migratory bird conservation

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo greets families of Americans held captive abroad on April 2, 2019, at the Department of State.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao with Lt. Brenda Berkman

Employment and Training Administration / Office of Public Affairs - Swearing-In Emily De Rocce, John Henshaw

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao with Asian Americans Department of Labor Employee Meeting Partnership for Learning Event at Airborne in Seatte, Washington

EPA Science meeting, Office of Water's (OW) Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, Recognition and Ice Cream Social, Administrator Christine Todd Whitman. Recognition for Office of Water (OW) staff who helped with move to EPA West. , Environmental Protection Agency

American Recreation Coalition (ARC) awards event at the Decatur House, Washington, D.C., where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne received the 2008 Sheldon Coleman Great Outdoors Award. Joining the Secretary and his wife, Patricia, at the event were ARC President Derrick Crandall, ARC Chairman Thom Dammrich, and Coleman Company President Sam Solomon, among other dignitaries.

Foreign Affairs Day 2005 ceremonies, speeches, award presentations. Events included a ceremony at the American Foreign Service Association's (AFSA) Memorial Plaque, in the Harry S. Truman Building's C Street Lobby, honoring foreign service officers who died in the line of duty. AFSA President John Limbert, Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns, and other officials delivered remarks, as three new entries on the plaque the names of James Mollen and Edward Seitz, of U.S. Embassy Baghdad, and John O'Grady, of U.S. Consulate in Brisbane were unveiled.

Signing event, at the National Geographic Society (NGS) headquarters in Washington, D.C., for Memorandum of Understanding promoting geotourism--tourism that helps sustain or enchance the environmental, cultural, aesthetic, historical character and well-being of a place and its residents--as a collaborative approach among government agencies and private partners. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined NGS President and Chief Executive Officer John Fahey, Jr., NGS Executive Vice President Terry Garcia, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and the Environment Mark Rey, Bureau of Indian Affairs Director Jerold Gidner, Bureau of Land Management Deputy Director Henri Bisson, Fish and Wildlife Service Deputy Director Kenneth Stansell, and Forest Service Associate Chief Sally Collins, among other dignitaries, at the gathering.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Inside the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction at NASAs Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, former NASA astronaut and Hall of Famer Fred Gregory walks the red carpet at the 2014 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction ceremony. Space shuttle astronauts and space explorers Shannon Lucid and Jerry Ross were inducted into the Hall of Fame Class of 2014.The 2014 inductees are selected by a committee of Hall of Fame astronauts, former NASA officials, flight directors, historians and journalists. The process is administered by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. To be eligible, an astronaut must have made his or her first flight at least 17 years before the induction. Candidates must be a U.S. citizen and a NASA-trained commander, pilot or mission specialist who has orbited the earth at least once. Including Lucid and Ross, 87 astronauts have been inducted into the AHOF.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Oath Ceremony, Stephen L. Johnson , Environmental Protection Agency

Independence Day events, including staff service awards ceremony, around the Department of Interior headquarters building and the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne meeting at Main Interior with Take Pride in America honorees, family members

Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs - Swearing-In of Chris Iverson

Visit of actress Bo Derek, left, to Department of Interior headquarters to discuss with Secretary Gale Norton the National Horse Protection Coalition efforts to end the slaughter of wild horses

Visit of Secretary-designate Dirk Kempthorne and aides to New York City, New York, where they toured Ellis Island and environs with Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island Superintendent Cynthia Garrett and other National Park Service personnel

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman at ORD's AA Paul Gilman swearing-in , Environmental Protection Agency

Public Buildings Service head David Winstead, National Park Service Northeast Region's Mary Bomar, Secretary Gale Norton, Park Service Director Fran Mainella, General Services Administration's David Bibb, left to right, at New York City's African Burial Ground, newly designated as a National Monument

Event honoring National Park Service (NPS) Randy Jones Leadership Fellows, with NPS Director Fran Mainella, Secretary's Chief of Staff Brian Waidmann, other senior Interior officials on hand at Main Interior

Secretary Gale Norton with Department of Interior staff during Interior headquarters farewell activities in period following announcement of her intended departure

Independence Day events, including staff service awards ceremony, around the Department of Interior headquarters building and the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

American Recreation Coalition (ARC) 2006 Legends Award ceremony, with presentations by officials including ARC President Derrick Crandall

Secretary Gale Norton, far left, swearing in P. Lynn Scarlett, far right, as Deputy Secretary of Interior at Department of Interior headquarters ceremony, Washington, D.C.

American Recreation Coalition (ARC) 2006 Sheldon Coleman Great Outdoors Award ceremony and reception, with presentations by ARC President Derrick Crandall and other ARC officials, and award acceptance by Congressman Thomas Petri of Wisconsin

Department staff greeting President George W. Bush, from behind rope line, during his visit to Main Interior

DAVID BROCK, SMALL BUSINESS SPECIALIST AT MSFC, TALKS WITH TERESA VANHOOSER AND JACKIE RYBACKI, AT THE SMBA ESD-HUB ZONE EVENT AT THE HUNTSVILLE MUSEUM OF ART.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne at Main Interior with members of the Stellmon family from Idaho, including Boise attorney Tanner Stellmon

Secretary Gale Norton with U.S. Park Police staff at Department of Interior headquarters during the final days of the Norton tenure

Secretary Gale Norton, right, greeting Judge Paul Brown, father of the late astronaut David Brown, before Department of Interior headquarters ceremony marking the naming of Columbia Point, a 13,980-feet peak in Colorado's Sangre de Cristo Mountains, in honor of the Space Shuttle Columbia's last voyage

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao with Guest Lecturer Jan Goodwin

American Recreation Coalition (ARC) awards event at the Decatur House, Washington, D.C., where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne received the 2008 Sheldon Coleman Great Outdoors Award. Joining the Secretary and his wife, Patricia, at the event were ARC President Derrick Crandall, ARC Chairman Thom Dammrich, and Coleman Company President Sam Solomon, among other dignitaries.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao with Sean Redmond and Family

Foreign Affairs Day 2005 ceremonies, speeches, award presentations. Events included a ceremony at the American Foreign Service Association's (AFSA) Memorial Plaque, in the Harry S. Truman Building's C Street Lobby, honoring foreign service officers who died in the line of duty. AFSA President John Limbert, Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns, and other officials delivered remarks, as three new entries on the plaque the names of James Mollen and Edward Seitz, of U.S. Embassy Baghdad, and John O'Grady, of U.S. Consulate in Brisbane were unveiled.

Retirement ceremony for Helen Ellis and Lee Young, members of Deputy Secretary's staff, with appearances by current Deputy Secretary Richard Armitage, former Deputy Secretary Strobe Talbott, and former Deputy Secretary and Acting Secretary Lawrence Eagleburger, among other officials

Secretary Gale Norton, far right, touring the Mount Graham International Observatory, near Safford, Arizona. During the visit, Secretary Norton discussed forest management issues relevant to the area, affected by the summer's massive Nuttall and Gibson forest fires

U.S. Coast Guard District 1 Commander Rear Admiral John Mauger accepts a gift from members of the Salmagundi Club at the Coast Guard Art Program reception at the Salmagundi Club in New York City on July 7, 2022. The ceremony marked the 41st anniversary of the COGAP and featured 38 works from 27 artists from around the country.

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration - National Summit on Retirement Savings Delegrate Reception Cont.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne with Take Pride in America (TPIA) officials and volunteers at signing event for order extending the authorization of TPIA within the Department of the Interior through the year 2010. Among officials and guests joining Secretary Kempthorne for the proceedings at Main Interior were Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett; TPIA Executive Director Katie Loovis; Appalachian Trail volunteer Scott Wilson; Chesapeake and Ohio (C and O) Canal National Historical Park volunteers Barbara Brown and Jane Collins; Hyattsville, Maryland Elementary School students Billy Kennedy and Jose Cruz, and Hyattsville teacher, Ms. Davis.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao with Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci

Signing ceremony for the Truckee River Operating Agreement in Reno, Nevada, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Nevada Senator Harry Reid, Chairman Mervin Wright, Jr. of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians, and other federal, state, and local dignitaries including Assistant Attorney General Ronald Tenpas of the Justice Department, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Director Allen Biaggi, Truckee Meadows Water Authority Board of Directors Chairman Mike Carrigan, and Reno Mayor Bob Cashell. The agreement fulfilled the requirements of the 1990 Settlement Act for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, which directed the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate an operating agreement for the major federal and private reservoirs on the Truckee River upstream of Reno.

2006 Take Pride in America National Awards event at Main Interior, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne among the senior officials on hand

U.S. Coast Guard Art Program Coordinator Mary Ann Bader accepts a gift from members of the Salmagundi Club at the Coast Guard Art Program reception at the Salmagundi Club in New York City on July 7, 2022. The ceremony marked the 41st anniversary of the COGAP and featured 38 works from 27 artists from around the country.

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