Dedications (Monuments, etc.)

President Harry S. Truman (left) using a trowel to help lay the cornerstone of the new United States Courthouse for the District of Columbia. At the extreme right are Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Fred M. Vinson and Judge Bolitha Laws, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman attends a cornerstone laying ceremony for the new United States Court Building in Washington, D.C. Speaking at the podium is Judge Bolitha Laws, Chief Justice of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Seated behind Judge Laws on the right are, from left to right: Judge Harold M. Stephens, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia; President Truman; Justice Fred M. Vinson, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court; three unidentified men; and Justice Tom Clark, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) with trowel in hand, participating in the ceremonial laying of the cornerstone for the new United States Courthouse for the District of Columbia. From left to right are: Justice Fred M. Vinson, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court; President Truman; Judge Bolitha Laws, Chief Justice of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia; and Judge Harold M. Stephens, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia.

View of the new United States Court Building at the cornerstone laying ceremony in Washington, D.C.

Setting the cornerstone in place at the ceremony for the new United States Court Building in Washington, D.C.

President Harry S. Truman speaks at the cornerstone laying ceremony for the new U.S. Court Building in Washington D.C. Seated behind Truman on the right are, from left to right: Judge Harold M. Stephens, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia; Justice Fred M. Vinson, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court; three unidentified men; and Justice Tom Clark, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (at the podium) speaks at the unveiling ceremony of the new George Washington Statue at the George Washington National Masonic Memorial in Alexandria, Virginia. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman speaking at the George Washington National Masonic Memorial in Alexandria, Virginia, after unveiling the statue of George Washington by sculptor Bryant Baker that stands behind him.

President Harry S. Truman (third from left), wearing his Masonic regalia, with other unidentified dignitaries at the George Washington National Masonic Memorial in Alexandria, Virginia.

President Harry S. Truman (at the podium) at the unveiling ceremony of the new George Washington Statue at the George Washington National Masonic Memorial in Alexandria, Virginia. Others are unidentified.