PRESIDENT RIDES, PREACHER PREACHES WHILE EDISON SLEEPS
Big Pool, Maryland (JFK+50) On July 24, 1921, President Warren G. Harding took a horseback ride and listened to a sermon by Bishop Anderson of Ohio at his encampment here at Big Pool*.
In addition, the President sat in the shade and talked in a loud voice with Thomas Edison, who is "somewhat hard of hearing," on the subject of deep-sea fishing.
During the Bishop's sermon, Mr. Edison "took a pillow and slept under a big sycamore."
The President phoned Mrs. Harding from a country store on the hill above the camp and returned to Washington by automobile accompanied by Maryland State Police and secret service agents.
*Big Pool is located in western Washington County, MD between Clear Spring & Hancock. It is part of the Hagerstown metro area & had a population of 82 in 2010. It has a natural pool that was a turning point for canal boats.
SOURCE
"Harding Has Horseback Ride, Hears Camp Sermon on Peace," The New York Tribune, July 25, 1921, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
