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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-27422
President John F. Kennedy (center left) prepares to lay a wreath at a memorial for Lieutenant Commander Edward H. “Butch" O'Hare during the dedication ceremony for O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois. Standing in group at center (L-R): Aide to Mayor of Chicago Richard J. Daley, Colonel Jack Reilly; President Kennedy; Senator Paul Douglas of Illinois (behind the President); nephew of Butch O'Hare, Edward Palmer (foreground, shaking hands with the President); Mayor Daley (in back, mostly obscured); and nephew of Butch O'Hare, Phillip Tovrea III (wearing a Culver Military Academy uniform). Those standing in background at left include former chairman of the Chicago City Council's Aviation Committee, John E. Egan, and Representatives Roman C. Pucinski and John C. Kluczynski (both of Illinois).