Dedication services

U.S. Forest Service Chief Lyle F. Watts Speaks at the Dedication of the H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest in Oregon. See also photo 2009-3029.

A group of men and women are shown seated who were among some of the 6,000 Army, Navy, and civilian spectators who attended the dedication of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl Cemetery). Secretary of the U.S. Navy Francis P. Matthews gave the principal address.

President Harry S. Truman uses a silver set of trowels today as he lays the cornerstone of a new temple for the 10-year-old Washington Hebrew Congregation. Stonemason Fred L. Peterson (right) keeps an eye on the President's handiwork. From: Houston Post.

Ribbon cutting ceremonies for a new section of Truman Road in Independence, Missouri. Bess Truman can be seen in the center of the photo. The photo was taken on Main Street near the fire station. Donor: Paul Renshaw.

Robert C. Goodwin, Director of the U.S. Labor Department's Bureau of Employment Security, is shown standing second from the left. According to Goodwin's appointment book, he was standing in at 1 pm for Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz at the dedication of the District of Columbia Employment Services Building located at 6th and Pennsylvania in Washington, D.C. The others in view are not identified.

View of unidentified people attending what is identified as a YOC (Youth Opportunity Center?) dedication held in Honolulu, Hawaii. U.S. Labor Department official Robert C. Goodwin's appointment book indicated that he was in Hawaii from November 8-11, 1965 for this event.

U.S. Labor Department official Robert C. Goodwin, Administrator of the department's Bureau of Employment Security, is shown standing and speaking at a podium. The event is identified as a YOC (Youth Opportunity Center?) dedication held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Goodwin's appointment book indicated that he was in Hawaii from November 8-11, 1965.

View of unidentified people participating in what is identified as a YOC (Youth Opportunity Center?) dedication in Honolulu, Hawaii. U.S. Labor Department official Robert C. Goodwin's appointment book indicated he was there to attend the dedication, November 8-11, 1965.

Part of the audience at the dedication of H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest. It is located in Oregon.

Former President Harry S. Truman speaking on front steps of Harry S. Truman Library at the dedication of Benton Mural, the mural by artist Thomas Hart Benton "Independence and the Opening of the West."