Collection Dining in the Executive Mansion
A dinner at the White House has always had significance beyond the merely gastronomical. The elegance of the State Dining...
Significant Foreign Visitors - Photo 1
- Date of Work
- May 24, 1943
- Credit
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum/NARA
Significant Foreign Visitors - Photo 1
In this black and white photograph, President Franklin D. Roosevelt is seated with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the Rose Garden along with military Chiefs of Staff from both the United States and the United Kingdom. Those standing left to right include Field Mshl. Sir John Dill, Lt. Gen. Sir Hastings Ismay, Air Mshl. Sir Charles Portal, Gen. Sir Alan Brooke, Adm. Sir Dudley Pound, Adm. William D. Leahy, Gen. George C. Marshall, Adm. Ernest J. King, and Lt. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney. Others present at this meeting but not pictured include Brig. Gen. E. C. Jacob, Brig. Gen. John R. Deane, and presidential advisor Harry L. Hopkins.
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