Dedications (Monuments, etc.)

A squadron of planes roars overhead as President Harry S. Truman delivers his speech at the dedication of the 5,000 acre international airport at Idlewild. While the nation's greatest display of peacetime air power was going on, President Truman declared America was determined to remain strong in the cause of peace. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman waves from his car upon his arrival this afternoon for the Idlewild Airport dedication in New York City. At right is New York's mayor, William O'Dwyer. From: Houston Post.

Secretary of the U.S. Navy Francis P. Matthews is standing on the left and is shown with Fleet Admiral William H. Halsey. Secretary Matthews is visiting Honolulu for the dedication of the National Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl Cemetery) located in Honolulu.

A group of men and women are shown seated who were among some of the 6,000 Army, Navy, and civilian spectators who attended the dedication of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl Cemetery). Secretary of the U.S. Navy Francis P. Matthews gave the principal address.

President Harry S. Truman (right) and Arkansas Governor Sid McMath stand overlooking the new Bull Shoals Dam. President Truman dedicated the dam and also the other new dam in the area, the Norfolk Dam. The President arrived by train from Little Rock this morning. Same as 68-1536, only slightly better print. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman attends Friendship International Airport Dedication in Baltimore, Maryland. From left to right: President Harry S. Truman; Baltimore, Maryland Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro; unidentified. Standing in the second row behind the man in the bow tie is General Robert Landry. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman attends the dedication ceremony of the Carter Barron Memorial Amphitheater in Washington, D.C. From left, President Truman, General Harry Vaughan, and General Robert Landry. All others are unidentified.

Robert C. Goodwin, Director of the U.S. Labor Department's Bureau of Employment Security, is shown standing second from the left. According to Goodwin's appointment book, he was standing in at 1 pm for Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz at the dedication of the District of Columbia Employment Services Building located at 6th and Pennsylvania in Washington, D.C. The others in view are not identified.

While speaking at the dedication of the Everglades National Park, President Harry S. Truman (right) received a bag for Mrs. Truman from the Seminole Indian, Ingran Billie (center). Truman received other gifts from the Seminoles present. All others are unidentified. Truman spoke at the dedication while he was on vacation in Key West, Florida.

President Harry S. Truman (center) and wife Bess (left) talk with an unidentified man while they are attending the dedication of the Sesquicentennial Amphitheater at Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 6.