Dinners and dining

President Harry S. Truman, accompanied by Democratic Party Chairman Frank McKinney, walks to the speaker's platform at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D.C. Donor: Hennepin County Historical Society

President Harry S. Truman leaves the speaker's table with the notes of his speech at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner. The President announced that he would not seek re-election. The Chief Executive declared "I shall not be a candidate for re-election. I have served my country long and, I believe, honestly. I do not feel it is my duty to spend another four years in the White House". Donor: Hennepin County Historical Society

President Harry S. Truman addressed fellow Democrats at Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner, where he announced that he will not be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President. On the left is Bess Truman, wife of President Harry S. Truman. In the center is Wash B. Williams, chairman of the dinner committee. Donor: Hennepin County Historical Society.

Senator Harry S. Truman is shown at a dinner with some of his buddies of the Thirty-Fifth Division. Senator Truman is shown with his arm up as he waves to someone in the audience. Others seem to be enjoying their meal in this 11 x 14 photo.

Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Margaret Truman, daughter of President Harry S. Truman, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York where they were guests of honor at the Annual Front Page Dinner Dance given by the New York Newspaper Women's Club. Donor: Hennepin County Historical Society

Lt. Col. A Robert Ginsburgh is shown eating lamb chops at a Tech H. S. Luncheon in Buffalo, New York, on Oct. 22, 1941, during a tour of defense plants by a group of officers from Washington, D. C.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) visits with former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Basil O'Connor following a banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel honoring the President on his 70th birthday. The dinner was given by the Truman Library Committee to raise $1,500,000 to build a Library in Independence, MO. See 97-2099 through 97-2107.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) visits with former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Basil O'Connor following a banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel honoring the President on his 70th birthday. The dinner was given by the Truman Library Committee to raise $1,500,000 to build a Library in Independence, MO. See 97-2099 through 97-2107.

President Truman, wearing his Veterans of Foreign Wars hat, receives the VFW Gold life membership card and a diamond VFW lapel button from Commander-in-Chief Frank C. Hilton at the VFW Congressional Dinner at the Statler Hotel in Washington D.C.

President Harry S. Truman (with glasses) and Capt. Henrik Kurt Carlsen (front, right) hold and look at the VFW Distinguished Citizenship citation at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Congressional Dinner at the Statler Hotel in Washington, D.C. In the background, left to right are John S. Fine, Governor of Pennsylvania; Brigadier General Robert Landry; unidentified; Major General Harry Vaughan; unidentified. This photo was sent to President Truman by Omar Ketchum, Director, Legislative Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars.