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Picnic Luncheon at Fort Jefferson

President Harry S. Truman at Fort Jefferson. Fort Jefferson is in a chain of islands (the Dry Tortugas) 70 miles from Key West, a National Park Service site. The President heads the "chow line" followed by: Major General Harry Vaughan, David H. Stowe, and Brigadier General Wallace Graham. LCDR Leo V. Roberts is to the President's left. This is the 9th Presidential trip to Key West. See also 67-2919. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negatives.

President Harry S. Truman attends Picnic at Fort Jefferson

President Harry S. Truman attends a picnic at Fort Jefferson. He visited Fort Jefferson during his vacation trip to Key West, Florida. Far left: Press Secretary Joseph Short, unidentified (mostly obscured by tree), Administrative Assistant David Stowe, General Harry Vaughan, President Harry S. Truman, and Lieutenant Commander Leo Roberts. Others are unidentified.