Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-143-6-62
President John F. Kennedy (center foreground, mostly hidden on edge of frame) attends a program at the White House to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Congressional Medal of Honor; visitors include descendants of Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor recipients. Marshall B. Wenger (great-great-grandson of two of the first recipients of the Medal, Jacob Parrott and Wilson W. Brown), stands in front and to the right of President Kennedy; National Park Service (NPS) photographer, Abbie Rowe (partially hidden on edge of frame), stands left of the President. Also pictured: White House media network electrician, Cleve Ryan; White House Communications Agency (WHCA) officer, Joseph W. Culbreth, and White House Secret Service agent, Stewart “Stu” Stout. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.