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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-12-29-A
ST18
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C75-11-62
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy delivers remarks in Spanish during a presentation ceremony of the 2506th Cuban Invasion Brigade flag at the Orange Bowl Stadium in Miami, Florida; members of the brigade presented their flag to President John F. Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy. Standing on speakers' platform (left to right): Erneido Oliva, second in command of the brigade (applauding); Mayor of Miami, Robert King High (applauding); President Kennedy; Jose Pérez San Román, commander of the brigade (in back, mostly hidden); the First Lady (at lectern microphones); Manuel Artime, civilian chief of the brigade (in back, partially hidden); White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring (in back); former Prime Minister of Cuba and chairman of the Cuban Revolutionary Council, Dr. José Miró Cardona (applauding). The Brigade was comprised of Cuban exiles who participated in the Bay of Pigs invasion of April 1961.