Dedications (Monuments, etc.)

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 (right) and Arkansas Governor Sid McMath stand overlooking the new Bull Shoals Dam. President Truman dedicated the dam and also the other new dam in the area, the Norfolk Dam. The President arrived by train from Little Rock this morning. Same as 68-1536, only slightly better print. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman attends Friendship International Airport Dedication in Baltimore, Maryland. From left to right: President Harry S. Truman; Baltimore, Maryland Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro; unidentified. Standing in the second row behind the man in the bow tie is General Robert Landry. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman attends the dedication ceremony of the Carter Barron Memorial Amphitheater in Washington, D.C. From left, President Truman, General Harry Vaughan, and General Robert Landry. All others are unidentified.

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.

While speaking at the dedication of the Everglades National Park, President Harry S. Truman (right) received a bag for Mrs. Truman from the Seminole Indian, Ingran Billie (center). Truman received other gifts from the Seminoles present. All others are unidentified. Truman spoke at the dedication while he was on vacation in Key West, Florida.

President Harry S. Truman (center) and wife Bess (left) talk with an unidentified man while they are attending the dedication of the Sesquicentennial Amphitheater at Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 6.

President Harry S. Truman poses for photographers with his family and others at the premiere of "Faith of our Fathers" during the dedication of the Sesquicentennial Amphitheatre in Washington's Rock Creek Park. From left to right: Mrs. Mary Shaw Branton; Margaret Truman; Carter Barron, Executive Vice Chairman of the National Capital Sesquicentennial Commission; President Harry S. Truman; and First Lady Bess W. Truman. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 6.

This is a stereo slide of guests and military officials seated on the stage of the dedication ceremony at Schilling Air Force Base in Salina, Kansas. Members of the media are standing at the base of the stage. A brick building is in the background. All are unidentified.

This stereo slide shows the dedication ceremony from Schilling Air Force Base in Salina, Kansas. The image was taken from the stage and shows a man standing at a podium with special guests seated in chairs behind him. Many are wearing Air Force uniforms. Air hangers can be visible in the background. All are unidentified.