Dinners and dining

President Harry S. Truman (center) turns to talk with daughter Margaret tonight as the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner got underway at the Statler Hotel in Washington, D. C. Wilson W. Wyatt (right) is chairman of the dinner committee. From: Houston Post.

Senator J. Howard McGrath (D-RI) (center), National Democratic Chairman, listens as President Harry S. Truman and daughter Margaret chat at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman, smiling broadly, waves in response to an ovation just before he began his Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner Address at the Mayflower Hotel tonight. Senator Alben Barkley (D-KY) (right) applauds. Wilson W. Wyatt (rear, left of the President) was Chairman of the dinner committee. From: Houston Post.

Annual dinner of the National Press Club at the Statler Hotel in Washington, D. C. President Harry S. Truman is the guest, seated on back row of long banquet table. This is a general view of the banquet room. Original is oversized photo; it is filed in oversize photo file.

Overall banquet view of the head table and those attending the Military Chaplain's Association twentieth annual convention held at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, California. Principal speakers at the dinner included Secretary of the Navy, Francis P. Matthews, who is seated at back table behind the microphone and General Mark W. Clark, Chief of the Army Field Forces who is seated second to the right of Secretary Matthews.

President Harry S. Truman, center, holds the Infantry Center plaque presented to him by Major General Withers A. Burress, right, during Truman's visit to Fort Benning, Georgia. Louis A. Johnson, left, Secretary of Defense applauds. Photograph is part of a scrapbook identified as "The Infantry Center, Fort Benning, Ga., 21 April 1950. Visit of Harry S. Truman, President of the United States."

Major General Withers A. Burress, Commanding General of the Infantry Center enjoys one of President Harry S. Truman's witticisms during the luncheon held at the Officer's Mess at Fort Benning, Georgia. Louis A. Johnson, Secretary of Defense is seated on the far left. Brooke Claxton, Minister of Defense of Canada is seated next to Major General Burress. Photograph is part of a scrapbook identified as "The Infantry Center, Fort Benning, Ga., 21 April 1950. Visit of Harry S. Truman, President of the United States."

Battery D Reunion at the Ambassador Hotel, in Kansas City. This photo is signed in the corner by Senator Harry S. Truman "Best wishes, Harry S. Truman." Original photograph is filed in autographed photo file. This picture was in a photo album of Battery D at the inauguration in 1949, a gift of Frank Kuntz.

Photograph made at one of the annual dinners of the Business Advisory Council. Left to right: Frank Pace, Director of the Budget; unidentified; unidentified; Fred Lawton, Assistant Director and later Director of the Budget.

View of men seated at a banquet table dressed formally including some in military attire as well as religious. Identified as a dinner for the officers of the American Legion by Commander Hearn. The exact location of the dinner is not given. This photograph is a part of a group of others associated with the Knights of Columbus activities taking place in Paris at this time. The date is believed to be fall, 1927.