Parades

Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, President Harry S. Truman, and Brazilian President Eurico Gaspar Dutra on the reviewing stand watching the Brazilian Independence Day Parade. President and Mrs. Truman were in Rio de Janeiro on an official state visit. Original is oversized.

President Harry S. Truman on the reviewing stand of the Thirty-Fifth Division Reunion parade in Kansas City, Missouri.

State of Missouri float passing the review stand during the 1949 Inaugural Parade.

State of Missouri float in front of the Capitol Building during the 1949 Inaugural parade.

The Corps of Cadets on parade at the United States Military Academy at West Point.

President Harry S. Truman (second from the left, front row) in parade with the 35th Division, Battery D. This parade was held during the 35th Division reunion in Kansas City, Missouri. Same as 59-1552.

President Harry S. Truman marching in a downtown street in Little Rock, Arkansas. From left to right: Frank Spina, Louis Johnson, President Truman, Sid McMath, and Harry Vaughan. Men walking with Truman are identified with Truman's own handwriting and the date, written at the bottom of the picture. President Truman was in Little Rock for the Twenty-ninth Annual Thirty-fifth Division Reunion.

View of the parade with President Harry S. Truman and Winston Churchill in limousine in Fulton, Missouri. Churchill was in town to give a speech at Westminster College.

Former President Harry S. Truman salutes the parade marshal of the 4th of July parade from the steps of his home on Delaware Street in Independence, Missouri.

Inaugural parade float from Lamar, Missouri, birth place of President Harry S. Truman. Original photograph is from a photo album of 1949 inaugural events.