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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy speaks at a cornerstone-laying ceremony at the Techo Housing Project in Bogotá, Colombia, marking the construction of homes and schools built through the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso). On platform (L-R): First Lady of Colombia Berta Puga Martínez; United States Ambassador to Colombia Fulton Freeman; unidentified; President of Colombia Alberto Lleras Camargo; President Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Special Assistant to President Kennedy Kenneth P. O’Donnell, stands in back at far left of image; White House Secret Service agent Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey (right of platform, wearing sunglasses) speaks with Secret Service agent Roy Kellerman. Colombian military police, reporters, and photographers stand around platform. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]