A U.S. official and Cuban officials at the monument to the victims of battleship USS Maine in Havana, Cuba. The monument to the victims of USS Maine. Cuban Government officials and the American Ambassador offering wreaths at the base of the monument in memory of U.S. Naval officers and men who died when the battleship USS Maine sank. Label on one of the wreaths read 'Personal Representative of the United States of America'. A large crowd gathered around the monument. An aircraft in flight above the buildings in the vicinity of the monument. Views of the monument and the crowd.
Exterior view of the Chicago Coliseum (1466 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605, United States) in Chicago Illinois, at 15th and Wabash. Patriotic bunting decoratively displayed on the building as it hosts the 1916 Republican National Convention. Delegates march en masse, to the Coliseum, carrying small American flags. Closeup of Senator Warren G. Harding, convention chairman, tipping his hat and speaking. Automobiles parked at the curb, and people carrying umbrellas as they enter Entrance F of the coliseum. Women suffragists (sometimes called suffragettes) holding umbrellas as they walk together on wet pavement, in a demonstration for women's suffrage (voting rights for women). Closeup of Charles Evans Hughes, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, at the Coliseum. He doffs his hat and says a few words. Another closeup of him seated on a bench in the coliseum. Street scene with Hughes walking with a group of men, when a man steps into their midst to shake hands with Hughes. Another closeup of Hughes, seated on a bench.
United States Fifth Armored Division in Dülmen, Germany after World War II. U.S. Fifth Armored Division vehicles and soldiers on the bank of a water body. A few soldiers sitting on the shore of the water body. A castle on the other side of the water body. View of the Nordkirchen Castle (Schloß 1, 59394 Nordkirchen, Germany) in Dülmen. Troops on armored vehicles near the entrance of the castle. View of the castle with a courtyard and a statue near the entrance. GIs in the courtyard of the castle. A parachutist colonel holding a document talks to Prince Engelbert-Charles of Arenberg, the 10th Duke von Arenberg. Soldiers in the background. The parachutist colonel and the Duke von Arenberg walk down the steps of the castle. The Duke von Arenberg talking to British war correspondents. The correspondents taking down notes. The Karl Rudolf, 13th Duke of Croÿ flanked by the Duke von Arenberg and his wife Princess Valerie Marie Schleswig-Holstein. The Duke of Croy and the Princess talking to the parachutist colonel. All of them talking near the entrance door of the castle.
Robert Frost honored by President John F Kennedy with Congressional Medal at the White House in Washington DC. Seal of the President of United States. Dignitaries in the background. Frost presents his latest book to the President.
Activities aboard United States Ship Wasp in Pacific Ocean. Plane Captain stencils a Japanese flag (the second one) on fuselage of F6F-5 aircraft from VF-81, aboard the USS Wasp (CV-18) during World War 2. The pilot, Executive officer of the Wasp, Commander Joseph C. Clifton, sits in the cockpit, watching with satisfaction.
Activities abroad United States aircraft carrier, USS Wasp (CV-18) in Pacific Ocean during World War 2. Sailors play basketball. in a court set up on hangar deck of the ship. Captain W.G. Switzer and several crew members watch the game from guard rail at the flight deck, above. F6F Hellcat fighter aircraft of VF-81, with wings folded, are parked behind them.
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