Carillon Dedication

Truman - Bess - Dignitaries - Foreign; Truman - Bess - Family - HST - Presidency; Truman - Gifts - Foreign; Truman - Family - Wife; Truman - Dignitaries - Foreign - Netherlands

People Pictured

Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands, 1909-2004

Kelly, Edward J., 1898-1958

Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971

Bernhard Leopold, Prince, consort of Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands, 1911-2004

Chapman, Oscar L. (Oscar Littleton), 1896-1978

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Description

President Harry S. Truman greets Queen Juliana of the Netherlands at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C. They are at the park for a ceremonial presentation of a carillon to the people of the United States from the Netherlands. On the ground, from left to right: Edward J. Kelly, National Capital Parks Superintendent, President Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Queen Juliana, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (back to camera, in pinstriped suit), Prince Bernhard Leopold (wearing glasses), and Secretary of State Dean Acheson (back to camera). All others are unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Date(s)

April 4, 1952

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