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Truman and Churchill Address Crowd at Washington National Airport

73-3761 (untitled)
Accession Number
73-3761
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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Keywords
Airports
Presidential aircraft
Presidents
Prime ministers
Visitors, Foreign
HST Keywords
Airplanes - Independence; Airports - Washington National; Truman - Dignitaries - Foreign - Britain
People Pictured
Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Rights

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Credit:
Abbie Rowe
National Park Service

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
President Harry S. Truman (right) looks on as British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (left) addresses the crowd gathered Washington National Airport upon Churchill's arrival in the United States. In the background is President Truman's plane, the Independence. Others in the background are unidentified.
Date(s)
January 5, 1952