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President Harry S. Truman outside the White House receiving a certificate from two unidentified representatives of Girls Nation, a citizenship organization sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary.

Rock Creek Park Sesquicentennial Amphitheatre during the premiere performance of "Faith of our Fathers," attended by President Harry S. Truman and his family.

Rock Creek Park Sesquicentennial Amphitheatre during the premiere performance of "Faith of our Fathers," attended by President Harry S. Truman and his family.

Rock Creek Park Sesquicentennial Amphitheatre during the premiere performance of "Faith of our Fathers," attended by President Harry S. Truman and his family.

President Harry S. Truman (center) outside the White House receiving a certificate from two unidentified representatives of Girls Nation, a citizenship organization sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary.

President Harry S. Truman (seated, left) at his desk in the Oval Office, receiving a gold commemorative medal of the National Capital Sesquicentennial Commission from Nellie Tayloe Ross, Director of the U.S. Mint (seated, right). Also present are (left to right) Joseph C. McGarraghy, Chairman of the Commission; Carter Barron, Executive Vice Chairman; and Paul Massman, Sesquicentennial Manager.

Girls Nation participants gathered outside the White House to witness the presentation of a certificate from their organization to President Harry S. Truman. Girls Nation is a citizenship organization sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary

President Harry S. Truman (seated, left) at his desk in the Oval Office, receiving a gold commemorative medal of the National Capital Sesquicentennial Commission from Nellie Tayloe Ross, Director of the U.S. Mint (seated, right). Also present are (left to right) Joseph C. McGarraghy, Chairman of the Commission; Carter Barron, Executive Vice Chairman; and Paul Massman, Sesquicentennial Manager.

Dignitaries with President Harry S. Truman on the reviewing stand during the Armed Forces Day parade. From left to right: Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, President Truman, and Admiral William Leahy. In the center in the second row is Attorney General J. Howard McGrath. All others are unidentified.

Scene of soldiers marching in Armed Forces Day Parade, taken from back of reviewing stand. Seated in the first row of the reviewing stand, from left to right: Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Early, Admiral William Leahy, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson (slightly behind Truman), General Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (slightly behind Eisenhower). All others are unidentified.