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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-25-F
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Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-406-3-62
Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Major General D. W. McGowan, delivers remarks upon presenting to President John F. Kennedy a painting of the Battle of Bunker Hill by artist Kenneth "Ken" Riley, entitled "The Whites of their Eyes"; the painting is the first in a series of National Guard heritage paintings commissioned by the National Guard Bureau. Left to right: Representative James A. Burke of Massachusetts (partially hidden); Major General McGowan (at microphone); Representative Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, Jr. (Massachusetts); unidentified (very back); Secretary of the Air Force Eugene M. Zuckert (in back); President of the National Guard Association of the United States, Major General William H. Harrison, Jr. (in back, mostly hidden); President Kennedy; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance (in back, mostly hidden over the President's left shoulder); Army Chief of Staff for Reserve Components, Major General Carl Darnell, Jr. (in back); Representative Thomas J. Lane (Massachusetts); unidentified (in back); unidentified (holding the painting); Mr. Riley (in back, face obscured); Deputy Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Major General Winston P. Wilson; Assistant Chief of the National Guard Bureau for the Air Force, Colonel I. G. Brown; Acting Assistant Chief of the National Guard Bureau for the Army, Colonel Francis S. Greenlief. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Notes: See also MO 63.4856, "The Whites of Their Eyes," from the Kennedy Administration collection.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-406-2-62
President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks upon receiving a painting of the Battle of Bunker Hill by artist Kenneth "Ken" Riley, entitled "The Whites of their Eyes," from representatives of the National Guard Bureau; the painting is the first in a series of National Guard heritage paintings commissioned by the National Guard Bureau. Left to right: Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Major General D. W. McGowan; President Kennedy (at microphone); Representative James A. Burke of Massachusetts (partially hidden, over the President's left shoulder); Representative Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, Jr. (Massachusetts); President of the National Guard Association of the United States, Major General William H. Harrison, Jr. (in back, partially hidden); Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance (in back); Representative Thomas J. Lane (Massachusetts); Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General George H. Decker (in back); unidentified (holding the painting); Mr. Riley (in back); Deputy Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Major General Winston P. Wilson; Assistant Chief of the National Guard Bureau for the Air Force, Colonel I. G. Brown; Acting Assistant Chief of the National Guard Bureau for the Army, Colonel Francis S. Greenlief. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Notes: See also MO 63.4856, "The Whites of Their Eyes," from the Kennedy Administration collection.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-406-1-62
President John F. Kennedy receives a painting of the Battle of Bunker Hill by artist Kenneth "Ken" Riley, entitled "The Whites of their Eyes," from representatives of the National Guard Bureau; the painting is the first in a series of National Guard heritage paintings commissioned by the National Guard Bureau. Left to right: Representative James A. Burke of Massachusetts (facing away); Representative Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, Jr. (Massachusetts); President Kennedy (pointing to an area of the painting); Deputy Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Major General Winston P. Wilson (in back, partially hidden); Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General George H. Decker (in back, partially hidden); unidentified (holding the painting); unidentified (in back); Assistant Chief of the National Guard Bureau for the Air Force, Colonel I. G. Brown (in back); Mr. Riley; Acting Assistant Chief of the National Guard Bureau for the Army, Colonel Francis S. Greenlief; Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Major General D. W. McGowan; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Notes: See also MO 63.4856, "The Whites of Their Eyes," from the Kennedy Administration collection.]