Historic sites

The speakers platform during the fifth anniversary celebration commemorating the launch of Apollo II from Launch Complex 39. This was during the naming of the complex as a National Landmark. Seated left to right: unidentified, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin Aldrin, unidentified, James Webb.

James E. Webb, former head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, speaking at the fifth anniversary celebration of the launch of Apollo II from Launch Complex 39.

James E. Webb, former head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, speaking before the large crowd assembled to celebrate the naming of Launch Complex 39 as a National Landmark. This was done on the fifth anniversary of the launch of Apollo II from this complex. Astronauts Neil Armstrong, (seated second from Webb), Michall Collins, and Edwin Aldrin are in attendance.

Photo of Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, and Michael Collins unveiling a plaque making Launch Complex 39 a National Landmark on the fifth anniversary of the launch of Apollo II.

Apollo II Command Module Pilot Michael Collins addresses the large crowd assembled for the fifth anniversary of the launching of the first manned lunar landing mission from Launch Complex 39 at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida (Cape Canaveral). Launch Complex 39 from which Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, and Michael Collins began their historic journey will be dedicated as a National Landmark.

Photograph of the home of Madge and David W. Wallace on Ruby Street in Independence, Missouri. This was the first home of Bess Wallace Truman. From: Truman house

Fort Jefferson National Monument, at Dry Tortugas, Florida, as seen from the sea. From the album of President Harry S. Truman's vacation trip to Key West, Florida.

Birthplace of Harry S. Truman in Lamar, Missouri, with the monument in the foreground. From: Missouri Park Board.

Margaret Truman poses in the entrance to the Red Room of the White House, where she stands under the official White House portrait of her father, President Harry S. Truman (by Greta Kempton). She is posing for a series of photos at the White House for Look Magazine.

The President of Ecuador Galo Plaza (center left) and Senora Rosario Plaza (center right) are guests of honor at a dinner given by Mrs. Alice Acheson (left) and Secretary of State Dean Acheson (right) at Anderson House, the headquarters for the Society of the Cincinnati. From the Department of State Album: "Visit of His Excellency, Galo Plaza, President of Ecuador to the United States of American, June 20 to 29, 1951"