PRESIDENT HARDING ADDRESSES ASSEMBLED D.A.R. DELEGATES AT CONTINENTAL HALL
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On April 16, 1923, President Warren G. Harding addressed the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution* meeting at Memorial Continental Hall** here in the Nation's Capital.
According to the Evening Star, the President declared "the world today faces difficulties on a larger scale and a more varied nature than ever before."
The President also paid tribute to the assembled D.A.R. delegates by saying...
"Our country will have done well if it is assured of the full enlistment of all the unselfish devotion of its womanhood in the supreme duty of implanting sentiments of real Americanism in the hearts of our citizens."
*NSDAR was founded in 1890 with a mission of promoting historic preservation, education & patriotism. It has had 1 million members admitted since 1890.
**Memorial Continental Hall was completed in 1910 & was the site of the 1922 Washington Naval Conference as well as headquarters of the D.A.R. Constitution Hall, also located at 1776 D. Street NW, opened in 1929 to house the annual DAR convention.
SOURCES
"President Welcomes D.A.R.; Lauds Crusade Of True Americanism," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., April 16, 1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
"Harding's Speech At D.A.R. Session In Memorial Hall," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., April 16, 1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
