Parades

President Harry S. Truman and others view the annual Armed Forces Day parade from the Presidential Reviewing Stand on the Ellipse. Viewers (left to right - front row) are: Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Navy Aide to the President; Brigadier General Morris J. Lee, Commander of Bolling Air Force Base, D.C., and officer-in-charge of Washington, D.C. area celebrations of the event; President Truman; Major General Harry Vaughan, Military Aide to the President, and Major General Robert B. Landry, Air Force Aide to the President. The others are unidentified. From: Arthur Marasco.

Former President Harry S. Truman, background- center left, walks in a parade held in his honor at the dedication of his birthplace in Lamar, Missouri. All others in photograph are unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman, background- center left, walks in a parade held in his honor at the dedication of his birthplace in Lamar, Missouri. All others in photograph are unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman, front row second from right, walks and talks with another man while attending the dedication of his birthplace in Lamar, Missouri. All others in the photograph are unidentified.

Cheerleaders and a band march in a parade in a parade held in honor of the dedication of President Harry S. Truman's birthplace in Lamar, Missouri.

Welcoming parade for Mexican President Miguel Aleman displaying the Mexican flag in the background.

The welcoming parade for Mexican President Miguel Aleman during his visit to Washington, D.C.

President Harry S. Truman (seen waving from the first car) waves to a crowd while he is driven down Broadway in New York City on Navy Day.

Baton twirlers march in a 4th of July parade in Bolivar, Missouri, 1948, during the festivities surrounding the dedication of the Simon Bolivar statue.

President Harry S. Truman, on stage - front right, and Venezuelan President Romulo Gallegos, on stage - front left, watch a band pass during a parade in Bolivar, Missouri.