White House Correspondents gift lamps to President Kennedy in the Oval Office. Wide shot of Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C., showing two silver lanterns given to President John F. Kennedy by the White House Correspondents Association. The lanterns are replicas of the lanterns hung in the Old North Church of Boston, Massachusetts on April 18 1775, and were made by William de Matteo, the silversmith from Colonial Williamsburg. The H.M.S. Resolute desk is at center.