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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-25-F
ST14
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.]