A CAMPING OUTING PLANNED FOR THE HARDINGS
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On July 22, 1921, it was learned the President and Mrs. Warren G. Harding were "contemplating a weekend camping trip" in the vicinity of Hagerstown, Maryland.
The First Couple were to be guests of Bishop Anderson of Cincinnati and Harvey S. Firestone of Akron, Ohio. Thomas A. Edison and Henry Ford were to participate. The guest list totaled twenty campers.
The First Lady had been suffering from "a slight attack of ptomaine poisoning*," so the camping trip was contingent on her being able to make the trip.
*ptomaine poisoning, or acute gastrointestinal illness, is caused by consumption of food with harmful agents/bacteria.
SOURCE
"Hardings Preparing to Camp With Edison, Ford and Firestone," The New York Tribune, July 23, 1921, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
