Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7076-C
President John F. Kennedy addresses members of the American Legion. Standing on platform with President Kennedy (L-R): former National Commander of the American Legion, Colonel William Burke; National Commander of the American Legion, Charles L. Bacon. Administrator of the Veterans’ Administration, General John S. Gleason, Jr., stands on the grass to the right of the platform. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.