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Cornerstone-laying ceremony at the Techo Housing Project in Bogotá, Colombia, marking the construction of homes and schools built through the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso). President John F. Kennedy stands towards back of crowd at left (back to camera). White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn stands near the President. Colombian military police, reporters, photographers, and various attendees stand in crowd. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]

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President John F. Kennedy speaks with Peace Corps volunteers following a cornerstone-laying ceremony at the Techo Housing Project in Bogotá, Colombia, marking the construction of homes and schools built through the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso). Director of the United States Secret Service James J. Rowley (at left, partially hidden) and White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (right of President Kennedy) stand in crowd. Colombian military police stand in foreground. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]

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JFKWHP-ST-282-117-61
President John F. Kennedy (left center of crowd) speaks with Peace Corps volunteers following a cornerstone-laying ceremony at the Techo Housing Project in Bogotá, Colombia, marking the construction of homes and schools built through the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso). Director of the United States Secret Service James J. Rowley (at bottom left, facing left) and Secret Service agents Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (right of President Kennedy) and Clint Hill (bottom right, facing right) stand in crowd. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]

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JFKWHP-ST-282-111-61
Colombian military police walk through crowd at cornerstone-laying ceremony at the Techo Housing Project in Bogotá, Colombia. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy stands in back (wearing hat). Also pictured: United States Ambassador to Colombia Fulton Freeman (right of Mrs. Kennedy); White House Secret Service agents Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (far left, wearing sunglasses) and Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey (far right, face partially hidden). [Photograph by Harold Sellers]

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JFKWHP-ST-282-104-61
President of Colombia Alberto Lleras Camargo speaks at a cornerstone-laying ceremony at the Techo Housing Project in Bogotá, Colombia, marking the construction of homes and schools built through the Alliance for Progress (La Alianza para el Progreso). On platform (L-R): First Lady of Colombia Berta Puga Martínez; United States Ambassador to Colombia Fulton Freeman; unidentified; President John F. Kennedy; President Lleras; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (behind President Lleras). Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (far left of image, wearing sunglasses) and Roy Kellerman (right of platform, facing right); Special Assistant to President Kennedy Kenneth P. O’Donnell (behind Freeman). Reporters, photographers, and Colombian military police stand around platform. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
