Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-285-23-61
A young girl (sitting in a wagon) and a young boy attend a cornerstone-laying ceremony at the Techo Housing Project in Bogotá, Colombia; a small dog stands in front of the wagon and a sign written in Spanish is displayed on the back of the wagon. President John F. Kennedy came to Techo to mark the construction of homes and schools built through the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso).