Collection The Presidents
Biographies & Portraits
The U.S. Marine Band: Music as Diplomacy - Photo 1
- Date of Work
- June 16, 1992
- Medium
- Photo
- Credit
- George Bush Presidential Library and Museum/NARA
The U.S. Marine Band: Music as Diplomacy - Photo 1
This photograph shows President George H. W. Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin greeting Colonel John Bourgeois, Director of the U.S. Marine Band.The men meet in the Cross Hall of the State Floor, just outside of the Blue Room.
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