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Pacific fliers Lieutenant Maitland and Hegenberger welcomed in Washington DC, United States.
Secretary of States James Kellogg, Secretary of Navy Curtis D Wilbur and General John J Pershing wait for the arrival of Trans Pacific fliers Lieutenant Lester Maitland and Lieutenant Albert F Hegenberger on July 21, 1927. People gathered in large number at Bolling field in Washington DC, United States. Aircraft land, Maitland and Hegenberger get off the aircraft. General Patrick and General Fechet become the first ones to greet the fliers. General Patrick, Anthony Fokker, C L Lawrence, Eddie Rickenbacker and Charles Lindbergh also greet the pilots. Lieutenants Maitland and Hegenberger receive the citations for distinguished flying.
Charles Lindbergh takes off in Spirit of St Louis for Mexico from Washington DC, United States.
Colonel Lindbergh takes off from Washington DC, United states to Mexico City on December 13, 1927. Men push Spirit of St Louis, a monoplane, pushed out of a hangar by a group of men at Bolling airfield in Washington DC, United States. A man makes final check up of the aircraft. Major Harvey Burwell, Commanding Office of the Bolling Air Field greets Charles Lindbergh before he takes off. Lindbergh gets into the plane and men push the plane. Aircraft takes off.
President and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge attend baseball game at Griffith Stadium in Washington DC.
President and Mrs.Calvin Coolidge standing at their box in Griffith Stadium to watch a baseball game between the Washington Senators and the Boston Red Sox, on April 12, 1927. The President takes off his overcoat and sits, after which everyone also sits down. The President stands to greet Senators manager, Stanley Raymond "Bucky" Harris, who shakes hands with the President and with the First Lady as she extends her hand. Harris gives a baseball to the President who pepares to throw the ceremonial "first pitch." Bucky Harris points to where the President should throw. Someone else steps forward and tells the President to throw in a different direction. He looks puzzled. Bucky Harris again reafirms the correct direction. Change of scene: President and Mrs. Coolidge standing with everyone else for the playing of the National Anthem.
Commander Richard Byrd and Warrant Officer Floyd Bennett, receive medals following their flight over the North Pole
Commander Richard E. Byrd, receives the National Geographic Society Hubbard Gold Medal, from President Calvin Coolidge. The event takes place on June 23, 1926, in the auditorium of the National Geographic Headquarters, at 1146 Sixteenth Street, in Washington DC. The audience includes Mrs. Coolidge (on the stage) as well as cabinet officers; members of the diplomatic corps; and National Geographic Society members. Scene shifts to grounds of the White House, on February 27, 1927, as President Calvin Coolidge places the Tiffany Cross Medal of Honor around the neck of Commander Richard E. Byrd. Those seen in the ceremony are, from left to right: Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore D. Robinson; Secretary of the Navy Curtis Wilbur; Commander Richard E. Byrd, USN; President Calvin Coolidge; Warrant Officer Floyd Bennett, USN; and Admiral Edward W. Eberle, USN, Chief of Naval Operations. Closeup of Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett, wearing their medals.
Parade in honor of aviator Charles Lindbergh along Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington D.C., and in New York City
Aviator Charles Lindbergh being acclaimed in Washington D.C., United States upon his return to the United States, following his historic solo transatlantic aircraft flight from New York to Paris. Charles Lindbergh disembarks from the U.S. Navy Cruiser, USS Memphis (CL-13). Avenue, Washington D.C. Lindbergh and his mother, in an open car, with military escort. Their car is surrounded by newsmen and photographers, and guarded by several U.S. Army soldiers. View of Pennsylvania Avenue looking towards the Capitol. A military color guard marches across the avenue. Spectators line the sidewalks. The Lindbergh car moves along Pennsylvania Avenue. Sign on building reads: "Colonial Ice Cream." Mounted cavalry follow the car. View from above of a huge crowd in an open area. Scenes from Lindbergh's arrival in New York City, on June 13, 1927. He rides in an open car, from the Battery, in downtown, Manhattan, escorted by mounted policemen. People rush all around his car and ticker tape and confetti fill the air in a ticker tape parade.
Delegates of the Pan American Congress of Journalists visit industrial and educational sites in Washington DC.
Delegates of the Pan American Congress of Journalists visit industrial and educational sites in Washington DC. Heaps of harvested crop,a busy market street visible. Statues of parents of America freedom including,1st President of Greater Columbia Simon Bolivar, revolutionary leader Andres Bonifacio,renowned poet and writer Jose Marti, 2nd Supreme Director of Chile Bernardo O' Higgins,1st Protector of Peru San Martin,1st U.S. President George Washington.