President Kennedy Throws Out the First Ball

This photograph shows President John F. Kennedy throwing the first pitch of the 1961 baseball season at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. Those looking on include Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota; Special Assistant to the President Dave Powers; majority owner of the Washington Senators franchise General Elwood R. “Pete” Quesada; Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen of Illinois; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff; Associate Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher; and Secret Service Agents Gerald “Jerry” Behn and John J. “Muggsy” O’Leary.