Dedications (Monuments, etc.)

President Harry S. Truman greets Italian Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi and guests before the dedication of the equestrian statues at the Arlington Memorial Bridge. From left to right: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; President Truman; and Prime Minister De Gasperi. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Secretary of State Dean Acheson (at podium) speaks during the dedication ceremony at Arlington Memorial Bridge for the equestrian statues given to the United States by Italy. Also pictured, front row: President Harry S. Truman (left); Italian Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi (third from right); and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right). Seated in the second row of chairs on the left are Special Assistant to the President Averell Harriman, General Wallace Graham (partly obscured by post), General Robert Landry, and General Harry Vaughan. All others unidentified.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman speaks as Master of Ceremonies at the ceremony rededicating Sesquicentennial Amphitheatre in Washington's Rock Creek Park as the Carter Barron Amphitheater. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

A view of the stage and attendees of the ceremony rededicating Sesquicentennial Amphitheatre in Washington's Rock Creek Park as the Carter Barron Amphitheatre. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President Harry S. Truman poses with celebrities and others at the rededication of the Sesquicentennial Amphitheatre to the Carter Barron Amphitheatre in Washington's Rock Creek Park. From left to right: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Edward J. Kelly, Superintendent of National Capital Parks; unidentified; dancer Gower Champion; unidentified; singer Kathryn Grayson; President Truman; dancer Marge Champion; actor Walter Pidgeon; unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President Harry S. Truman addresses the audience during the ceremony rededicating Sesquicentennial Amphitheatre in Washington's Rock Creek Park as the Carter Barron Amphitheatre. Band members in the background are unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Left to right: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, actor Walter Pidgeon, and an unidentified man at the rededication of the Sesquicentennial Amphitheatre in Washington's Rock Creek Park to the Carter Barron Amphitheatre. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President Harry S. Truman (front row, center), seated with Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (front row, right) shakes hands with an unidentified woman at the rededication of Sesquicentennial Amphitheatre in Washington's Rock Creek Park as the Carter Barron Amphitheatre. The men in military uniform behind Truman are General Robert Landry (left) and General Harry Vaughan (right). All others are unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

The speakers for the Ohio Drive dedication leave the event in a convertible automobile. The dedication took place during the National Capital Sesquicentennial. Pictured: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (back seat, left), and Ohio Governor Frank Lausche (back seat, right). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

An unidentified woman (behind podium) sings the National Anthem for the Ohio Drive dedication during the National Capital Sesquicentennial in Washington, D. C. Pictured: Mrs. Ann Chapman and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (first row, left and second from left); Jerry Colonna (fourth from right); and Ohio Governor Frank Lausche (third from right). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook