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Barkley Receiving Medals from Bonnet

73-2954
Accession Number
73-2954
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 338957022
Keywords
Ambassadors
Gifts
Legislators
Medals
Vice-Presidents
HST Keywords
Merci Train
People Pictured
Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956
Bonnet, Henri, 1888-1978
Connally, Tom, 1877-1963
Vandenberg, Arthur H. (Arthur Hendrick), 1884-1951
Rights

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Credit:
Abbie Rowe
National Park Service

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Vice-President Alben Barkley (second from right) receiving medals from French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet (foreground, left). The medals were presented during a ceremony giving the United States a boxcar, part of the "Merci Train." The train was a gift from France to the United States in recognition of U.S. aid to France after World War II. In the background on the left is Senator Tom Connally. On the right is Senator Arthur Vandenberg. All others are unidentified.
Date(s)
February 6, 1949