Parades

Aerial view of the President's section during the inaugural parade. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

The Presidential car, escorted by members of Battery D, 129th Field Artillery, in the inaugural parade. President Harry S. Truman is in the car and members of his World War I battery escort him. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

The President's car leading the inaugural parade. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

Aerial view of the Capitol and the inaugural parade. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

A parade taking place in Bolivar, Missouri, on the occasion of the dedication of the statue to Simon Bolivar.

Election Day parade in President Harry S. Truman's hometown, Independence, Missouri. This was taken looking northwest near the corner of Pleasant and Lexington.

Election Day parade in Independence, Missouri. Camera is facing east on Lexington Street.

Surrounded by the Secret Service, Britain's former Prime Minister, Winston Churchill (left), and President Harry S. Truman, smile from the back seat of an open automobile in a parade from Jefferson City en route to Fulton, Missouri, where both will be presented with honorary degrees from Westminster College. Visible in profile is Phil M. Donnelly, Governor of the State of Missouri. From: Hathon M. Fields, Independence, Missouri.

Surrounded by the Secret Service, Britain's former Prime Minister, Winston Churchill (right), and President Harry S. Truman sit on the back seat of an open automobile in a parade from Jefferson City en route to Fulton, Missouri, where both will be presented honorary degrees from Westminster College. In the center seat are Phil M. Donnelly (left), Governor of the State of Missouri, and Admiral William Leahy. In the back seat is Dr. Franc McCluer, the president of Westminster College. From: Hathon M. Fields, Independence, Missouri.

Surrounded by the Secret Service, Britain's former Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, waves from the back of an open automobile to the crowd lining the streets of Fulton, Missouri, on his way to Westminster College where he and President Truman, sitting to Mr. Churchill's left, are to receive honorary degrees this date. From: Hathon M. Fields, Independence, Missouri.