Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C294-6-63
Actor and comedian, Bob Hope, delivers remarks after receiving the Congressional Gold Medal, presented by President John F. Kennedy in recognition of his services to the country as an entertainer during World War II. Standing in foreground (left to right): unidentified; Representative Michael A. Feighan (Ohio); President Kennedy; Mr. Hope (standing at microphones, holding medal); Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Representative Charles A. Halleck (Indiana); Representative Leslie C. Arends (Illinois). Also pictured: Senator Stuart Symington (Missouri; standing near center left, face obscured by microphones); Dolores Hope (standing behind her husband, mostly obscured). Others are unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.