File talk:Kennedy greeting Peace Corps volunteers, 1961.jpg
"28 August 1961"
Wikipedia and the National Archives and Records Administration have the date and year incorrect, for this photograph.
(although the photographer is correctly identified as Abbie Rowe)
Correct date: 9 August 1962
Library of Congress https://www.wdl.org/en/item/2710/
Peace Corps Twitter https://twitter.com/peacecorps/status/1043554389326278658
Other photos from the same day session: https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2011/03/01/big-bold-and-fast-little-peace-corps-history-its-50th-anniversary
https://www.state.gov/State-Department-Employees-Celebrate-Peace-Corps-Week
JFK Library https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/USPCPC • John F. Kennedy and Peace Corps volunteers on South Lawn of the White House, 9 August 1962 (USPCPC-001-005) Contains 14 photographic prints (PX65-2:17, PX65-2:103, PX94-47:4, PX65-2:15, PX65-2:10 [2 copies], PX65-2:7 [2 copies], PX65-2:2 [2 copies], PX65-2:3, PX65-2:12 [2 copies], PX65-2:18).
Volunteers embarking to the nation of Togo (some are shown in this image) did not begin until June 1962 http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages/messages/2629/4074.html June 1962
Programs begin in Afghanistan, Belize, Bolivia, Cameroon, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Liberia, Nepal, Niger, Peru, Somali Republic, Sri Lanka, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey and Venezuela. As of June 30, 1962, 2,816 volunteers are in the field. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 97.120.58.64 (talk) 13:21, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
