President John F. Kennedy Meets the McGrath Family
11/14/1961
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President John F. Kennedy meets with Kammy and Sheila McGrath, National Retarded Children’s Week poster children for 1961. (L-R): Richard McGrath; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Mrs. Richard McGrath; Leonard Mayo, Chairman of the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation; President Kennedy; Vincent J. Fitzpatrick, President of the National Association for Retarded Children. Kammy McGrath and Sheila McGrath (on the rocking horse) are in the foreground. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. This document comes from the
file unit "Mental Retardation" from President John F. Kennedy's Papers.
This primary source comes from the Collection JFK-WHP: White House Photographs.
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6050296Full Citation: President John F. Kennedy Meets the McGrath Family; 11/14/1961; Collection JFK-WHP: White House Photographs. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/president-john-f-kennedy-meets-the-mcgrath-family, May 9, 2024]