HARDING MOVED TO TEARS AT SIGHT OF AMERICAN DEAD
Hoboken, New Jersey (JFK+50) On May 23, 1921, President Warren G. Harding, speaking at Hoboken* Pier, "pledged...to make the United States a nation strong and efficient for war or peace."
The New York Tribune reported that the President was "moved to tears" as he appeared before thousands of American dead at the pier.
President Harding said...
"I do not pretend that the millennial* days have come and that there will be no more war. I wish a nation so powerful that none will dare provoke its wrath."
*Hoboken is located on the Hudson River in New Jersey. It was founded and 1855 & became a major industrial port. Today it is an integral part of the Port of New York & New Jersey.
**millennial denotes or relates to a period of a thousand years.
SOURCE
"Harding, Weeping for War Dead, Pledges U.S. None Dares Provoke; Promises Part in World Affairs," The New York Tribune, May 24, 1921, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
