• President Reagan Delivers a Toast at the St. Patrick's Day Luncheon
    Michael Evans
    St. Patrick's Day
    Congress
    U.S. Capitol
    Washington, D.C.
    This photograph of President Ronald Reagan delivering a toast at a St. Patrick's Day luncheon at the United States Capitol was taken by Michael Evans on March 17, 1988. Also pictured are Representative Jim Wright, diplomat Padraic MacKernan, and Senator Edward M. Kennedy.
  • Kennedy Family at the Gala Opening for the Kennedy Center
    Warren K. Leffler
    Thomas J. O'Halloran
    presidential sites & libraries
    Washington, D.C.
    John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
    arts & culture
    This photograph by Warren K. Leffler and Thomas J. O'Halloran was taken at the gala opening for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. on September 8, 1971. The photograph captures members of the Kennedy family including --President Kennedy's mother, Rose, and younger brother, Edward M. Kennedy -- in attendance in the Opera House presidential box.
  • Reception Following Funeral for President John F. Kennedy
    Cecil Stoughton
    First Family
    Red Room
    State Floor
    funerals
    Head of State
    In this photograph, taken on November 25, 1963, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and her brother-in-law Senator Edward Kennedy receive guests in the Red Room following the State Funeral for President John F. Kennedy. Here, Mrs. Kennedy shakes hands with Prince Georg Valdemar of Denmark. Also pictured among the distinguished guests are Danish Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag; Prince Jean of Luxembourg; Prince Moulay Abdallah of Morocco; U.S. Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke; and Brig. Gen. Godfrey T. McHugh, Air Force aide to President Kennedy. Following his assassination in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963, Kennedy's body lay in state in the East Room of the White House and the United States Capitol Building prior to burial at Arlington National Cemetery three days later. A funeral service was held at St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
  • Jacqueline Kennedy Leading Robert Kennedy and Edward Kennedy from the White House Portico
    Unknown
    funeral
    This is a photograph of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy walking with President John F. Kennedy's brothers Robert Kennedy, Attorney General, and Edward Kennedy, Massachusetts Senator, during his funeral procession on November 25, 1963.
  • Kennedy's Coffin Descending Capitol Steps
    Unknown
    funeral
    U.S. Capitol
    military
    This is a photograph of an honor guard carrying President John F. Kennedy's casket down the steps of the Capitol on November 25, 1963. The funeral procession then made its way to Arlington Cemetery where President Kennedy was laid to rest. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and Senator Edward M. Kennedy stand at the foot of the stairs leading a group of mourners.