J.F.K in Butler, 1960

J.F.Kennedy [podium] and Lyndon Johnson [right] campaigning in Butler in 1960 in front of the Court House.

Butler Police Officer Eugene Heath

is standing to the left just above the Pa. State Trooper [center]

in charge of controlling the crowd.
JFK stayed at the Willard Hotel while campaining in Butler. He walked, escorted to the this location.

[Picture thanks Mary (Heath) Gordon]

Snapshot of Butler, Sept. 2006

Downtown Butler Today without Woolworth's. 

Corner of Cunningham and Main Streets looking over to the steeple of St. Paul's Church. 
Woolworth's is no longer.