Memorials

Aerial view of Jefferson Memorial and Tidal Basin during the time of the inauguration of President Truman. Original photograph is in a photo album of inaugural events.

Photo taken from City Hall Park, New York City during the period of mourning proclaimed by Major Lindsay in remembrance of the passing of former President Harry S. Truman. City Hall is in the center background, and the Municipal Building is behind it to the right. From: Abraham Glicksman

Photo taken from City Hall Park, New York City during the period of mourning proclaimed by Major Lindsay in remembrance of the passing of former President Harry S. Truman. St. Paul's Chapel is in the center background, and the New York Telephone Company building is behind it. From: Abraham Glicksman

A group of "Gold Star" mothers poses before the gates of the Suresnes American Cemetery near Paris, France. The individuals are unidentified, but on the left is A. Robert Ginsburgh who, along with other Army officers, accompanied the group as they visited the graves of their sons and several monuments. The Suresnes Cemetery contains 1,541 graves. The men buried there died during WWI in hospitals located in Paris, or at other places in the Services of Supply.

Margaret Truman, daughter of President Harry S. Truman, visits the memorial to the Berlin Airlift in Berlin, West Germany, during her European tour. On her right is General Mathewson. The others are unidentified. From: Willard B. Snyder, Honorarkonsul der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.

A group of Gold Star mothers visits the St. Mihiel Memorial commemorating the capture of the St. Mihiel salient by the American First Army, the operations of the American Second Army on November 9-11, 1918, and other combat services of the American Division, located on the high isolated hill of Montsec, France. A. Robert Ginsburgh is in the group, along with other Army officers, who accompanied the group on their visit to the graves of their sons and several monuments.