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President John F. Kennedy departs the Commonwealth Armory in Boston, Massachusetts, following the “All New England Salute Dinner” in his honor; members of the Massachusetts State Police escort President Kennedy and his party. Also pictured: co-chairman of the dinner and Sheriff of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Howard W. Fitzpatrick; White House Secret Service agents, Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey, Floyd Boring, Paul A. Burns, and Ron Pontius.
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President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) attends a football game between Harvard University and Columbia University. Also pictured: Governor of Massachusetts, Endicott “Chub” Peabody; Special Assistants to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell and Dave Powers; Senator Edmund Muskie (Maine); White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius. Harvard Stadium, Boston, Massachusetts.
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President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) attends a football game between Harvard University and Columbia University. Also pictured: Special Assistants to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell and Dave Powers; Senator Edmund Muskie (Maine); Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations, Lawrence O'Brien; White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring, Jerry Blaine, and Ron Pontius. Harvard Stadium, Boston, Massachusetts.
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President John F. Kennedy bids farewell to Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, following a meeting. Also pictured: Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, Ketema Yifru; Minister of the Imperial Court of Ethiopia, Tafarra-Worq Kidane-Wold; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, G. Mennen “Soapy” Williams; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas; White House media network electrician, Cleve Ryan; White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius. West Wing Entrance, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, ride in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) during a motorcade from Union Station to Blair House in honor of Emperor Selassie’s arrival; crowds line Pennsylvania Avenue. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Jack Ready, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Greer, Bert de Freese, and Bill Payne. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, ride in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) during a motorcade from Union Station to Blair House in honor of Emperor Selassie’s arrival; crowds line New York Avenue. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Jack Ready, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Greer, Bert de Freese, and Bill Payne. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, ride in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) during a motorcade from Union Station to Blair House in honor of Emperor Selassie’s arrival; crowds line New York Avenue. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Jack Ready, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Greer, and Bert de Freese. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, ride in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) during a motorcade from Union Station to Blair House in honor of Emperor Selassie’s arrival; crowds line Pennsylvania Avenue. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Jack Ready, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Greer, Bert de Freese, and Bill Payne. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, ride in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) during a motorcade from Union Station to Blair House in honor of Emperor Selassie’s arrival; crowds line Pennsylvania Avenue. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Jack Ready, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Greer, Bert de Freese, and Bill Payne. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, ride in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) during a motorcade from Union Station to Blair House in honor of Emperor Selassie’s arrival; crowds line Pennsylvania Avenue. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Jack Ready, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Greer, Bert de Freese, and Bill Payne. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, ride in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) during a motorcade from Union Station to Blair House in honor of Emperor Selassie’s arrival; crowds line Pennsylvania Avenue. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Jack Ready, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Greer, Bert de Freese, and Bill Payne. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, ride in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) during a motorcade from Union Station to Blair House in honor of Emperor Selassie’s arrival; crowds line Pennsylvania Avenue. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Greer, Ron Pontius, Jack Ready, Bert de Freese, and Bill Payne. Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, ride in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) during a motorcade from Union Station to Blair House in honor of Emperor Selassie’s arrival; crowds line Pennsylvania Avenue. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Greer, Ron Pontius, Jack Ready, and Bert de Freese. Washington, D.C.
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Actor and comedian, Bob Hope, delivers remarks after receiving the Congressional Gold Medal, presented by President John F. Kennedy in recognition of his services to the country as an entertainer during World War II. Left to right: unidentified; Representative Michael A. Feighan (Ohio); President Kennedy; Mr. Hope’s wife, Dolores Hope; Mr. Hope; unidentified (behind Mr. Hope); Senator Stuart Symington (Missouri); Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Representative Leslie C. Arends (Illinois). Also pictured (standing at left, in background): Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy stands with delegates of the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU) Convention during a visit in the Rose Garden. Accompanying the group: Rector of the University of Louvain (Belgium), Bishop Honoré Van Waeyenbergh; President of the Catholic University (Taiwan), Archbishop Paul Yü Pin; Chancellor of the Catholic University of Pelotas (Brazil), Bishop Antônio Zattera; President of the IFCU and Rector of the Catholic University of America, Bishop William J. McDonald. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius and Dick Johnsen. White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks to representatives of the National Council of Senior Citizens during a visit in the Rose Garden. President of the National Council of Senior Citizens and former U.S. Representative from Rhode Island, Aimé J. Forand, stands left of President Kennedy. Also pictured: Annie Butler of Pawtucket, Rhode Island; Mrs. Harold Hancock of Detroit, Michigan; Bessie Gottlieb of Wilmette, Illinois; White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius. White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy visits with representatives of the National Council of Senior Citizens in the Rose Garden. Also pictured: Annie Butler of Pawtucket, Rhode Island; Special Assistant to the President, John J. McNally; White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius. White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks to representatives of the National Council of Senior Citizens during a visit in the Rose Garden. President of the National Council of Senior Citizens and former U.S. Representative from Rhode Island, Aimé J. Forand, stands left of President Kennedy. Also pictured: Annie Butler of Pawtucket, Rhode Island; Mrs. Harold Hancock of Detroit, Michigan; Bessie Gottlieb of Wilmette, Illinois; White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring and Ron Pontius. White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy visits with representatives of the National Council of Senior Citizens in the Rose Garden. President of the National Council of Senior Citizens and former U.S. Representative from Rhode Island, Aimé J. Forand, stands at far left. Also pictured: Annie Butler of Pawtucket, Rhode Island; Mrs. Harold Hancock of Detroit, Michigan; Bessie Gottlieb of Wilmette, Illinois; White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring and Ron Pontius. White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and President of the Ivory Coast, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, stand in front of Blair House upon their arrival in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible), following a motorcade in honor of President Houphouët-Boigny. First Lady of the Ivory Coast, Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny, and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy stand at left. Also pictured: Deputy Chief of Protocol, William J. Tonesk; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Clint Hill, Ron Pontius, Lubert "Bert" de Freese, Emory Roberts, and Arthur L. "Art" Godfrey. Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and President of the Ivory Coast, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, walk towards Blair House upon their arrival in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible), following a motorcade in honor of President Houphouët-Boigny. Also pictured: First Lady of the Ivory Coast, Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Deputy Chief of Protocol, William J. Tonesk; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Clint Hill, Ron Pontius, and Emory Roberts. Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and President of the Ivory Coast, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, walk towards Blair House upon their arrival in the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible), following a motorcade in honor of President Houphouët-Boigny. Also pictured: First Lady of the Ivory Coast, Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Deputy Chief of Protocol, William J. Tonesk; U.S. State Department interpreter, Edmund S. Glenn; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius, Lubert "Bert" de Freese, Emory Roberts, Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey, and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy presents the National Teacher of the Year Award (sponsored by the Council of Chief State School Officers, the U.S. Office of Education, and LOOK Magazine) to Marjorie L. French, of Topeka, Kansas. Left to right: Vice President and Managing Editor of LOOK Magazine, William B. Arthur; President Kennedy; Mrs. French; Executive Secretary of the Council of Chief State School Officers, Edgar Fuller. White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius, stands in background. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy presents the National Teacher of the Year Award (sponsored by the Council of Chief State School Officers, the U.S. Office of Education, and LOOK Magazine) to Marjorie L. French, of Topeka, Kansas. Left to right (in foreground): President Kennedy; Mrs. French’s husband, Freeman G. French; Mrs. French; Executive Secretary of the Council of Chief State School Officers, Edgar Fuller. White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius, stands in background. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) greets attendees of a reception for foreign students on the South Lawn of the White House, Washington, D.C. Guests include students from the following Washington, D.C.-area institutions: American University, the Catholic University of America, Gallaudet College, the George Washington University, Georgetown University, Howard University, the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Trinity College (Washington, D.C.), University of Maryland, and Dunbarton College of Holy Cross. Also pictured: United Press International (UPI) photographer, James K. W. Atherton; National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe; Presidential Assistant, John J. McNally; Associate Press Secretary, Andrew T. Hatcher; Chief of White House Police, Major Ralph C. “Smokey” Stover; White House Secret Service agents, Emory Roberts, Ron Pontius, and Jack Ready. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]