Dedications (Monuments, etc.)

President Harry S. Truman (at podium) speaks during the dedication in Meridian Hill Park for the carillon given to the United States from the Netherlands. Also pictured, front row: Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (left); Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (second from right); and Mrs. Ann Chapman (right). Seated behind Queen Juliana is Admiral Robert Dennison. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (right) greets a group of school children in Meridian Hill Park at the dedication for the carillon given to the United States by the Netherlands. All children unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Secretary of State Dean Acheson (at podium) speaks during the dedication in Meridian Hill Park for the carillon given to the United States by the Netherlands. Also pictured: Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (left); President Harry S. Truman (second from left); and Mrs. Ann Chapman (right of podium). Seated behind President Truman is General Harry Vaughan. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Left to right: General Harry Vaughan, Admiral Robert Dennison, President Harry S. Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman leave the carillon dedication in Washington, D.C.'s Meridian Hill Park. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman greet a group of school children in Meridian Hill Park at the dedication for the carillon given to the United States by the Netherlands. All children unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (at podium) speaks during the dedication in Meridian Hill Park for the carillon given to the United States by the Netherlands. Also pictured, front row: Alice (Mrs. Dean) Acheson (second from left); Secretary of State Dean Acheson (third from left); First Lady Bess W. Truman (fifth from left); Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (sixth from left, behind post); President Harry S. Truman (seventh from left). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Unidentified guests in Meridian Hill Park for the dedication of a carillon from the Netherlands. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President Harry S. Truman greets Queen Juliana of the Netherlands at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C. They are at the park for a ceremonial presentation of a carillon to the people of the United States from the Netherlands. On the ground, from left to right: Edward J. Kelly, National Capital Parks Superintendent, President Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Queen Juliana, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (back to camera, in pinstriped suit), Prince Bernhard Leopold (wearing glasses), and Secretary of State Dean Acheson (back to camera). All others are unidentified.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (at podium) speaks during the dedication in Meridian Hill Park for the carillon given to the United States by the Netherlands. Also pictured, front row, left to right: First Lady Bess W. Truman; Queen Juliana of the Netherlands; President Harry S. Truman; and Mrs. Ann Chapman. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President Harry S. Truman (at podium) speaks at the dedication of Samuel Gompers Square in Washington, D.C. Also pictured: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (behind Truman, right); Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin (second from right); and Assistant to the President John Steelman (right). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook