Parades

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (second from right) stands as the parade passes by during the German American Friendship Week celebration. All others are unidentified.

The band marches by the viewing stands during the Armed Forces Day parade held at Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt. All soldiers and those in the crowd are unidentified.

German and American troops parade during Friendship Week ceremonies at Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt, Germany as seen from the stands. Soldiers and all others in the crowd are unidentified.

The band performs and soldiers march in the parade during the Armed Forces Day Celebration at Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt. All are unidentified.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (third from the left in the grand stand) stands with other unidentified officers as American and German troops and tanks parade by during the Armed Forces Day celebrations held near Stuttgart, Germany. All other soldiers present are unidentified.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (right) converses with an unidentified officer during the Armed Forces Day celebrations held near Stuttgart, Germany.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (second from right) stands with other unidentified military officers during Armed Forces Day celebrations near Stuttgart, Germany.

President Harry S. Truman (standing, waving hat) riding in an automobile in a parade in Chicago, Illinois. The car is at Jackson and Wells Street. Secret Service agents on the sides of the car and all others are unidentified. From General Scrapbook, Volume 2, 1948-1950.

Men saluting and a band march down a street in a 35th Division Reunion parade in Omaha, Nebraska. President Harry S. Truman (not in photo) attended this reunion during his western trip. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

As part of a joke played on Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly (background, right, in suit and tie), an African-American marching band led Mr. Connelly and Press Secretary Charles Ross (partly obscured by trumpeter) into the gates of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. They were in Key West to join President Harry S. Truman on vacation. All others are unidentified.