Monuments

President Harry S. Truman (front row, right) attends ceremonies celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Washington Monument. Also present are Secretary of State George C. Marshall (front row, second from right) and Admiral William Leahy (second row, left, behind Marshall). Others are unidentified.

Arthur Godfrey at ceremonies celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Washington Monument.

President Romulo Gallegos of Venezuela (foreground, center) leaving the Lincoln Memorial, where he placed a wreath at the foot of the statue of Abraham Lincoln. Others in photo are unidentified.

President Romulo Gallegos of Venezuela (left) placing a wreath at the statue of Abraham Lincoln inside the Lincoln Memorial. Unidentified man at right.

President Romulo Gallegos of Venezuela placing a wreath by the statue of Abraham Lincoln inside the Lincoln Memorial.

A general view of the crowd during President Harry S. Truman's address at the closing session of the 38th annual conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D. C. with the Washington Monument in the background.

Photo of Bon Echo Rock ("Big Rock") whose sheer granite face was dedicated to Walt Whitman in 1919 and inscribed as follows: "Old Walt, 1819-1919,Dedicated to the democratic ideals of Walt Whitman by Horace Trubel and Flora Macdonald -"My foothold is ten'd and martised in granite, I laugh at what you call dissolution And I know the amplitude of time." The Rock is situated at the junction of the Upper and Lower Mazinaw Lakes on Ontario High 41, Canada. The people sitting at the base of the rock are unidentified. On the back of the photo is an inscription to Harry S.

Crowds at the Jefferson Memorial for a ceremony marking Jefferson's birthday, with the Tidal Basin and the Washington Monument visible in the background.

Unidentified persons at Jefferson Memorial for a commemoration of Thomas Jefferson's 204th birthday.

Crowds gathered at the Jefferson Memorial for a ceremony marking Thomas Jefferson's 204th birthday.