English: KN-C22489 President John F. Kennedy receives a gift of an American flag from astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (right); Lt. Col. Glenn carried the flag in his space suit during his orbital flight aboard Mercury-Atlas 6, also known as Friendship 7. Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, stands partially out of frame in the background. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.