PRESIDENT & FIRST LADY EN ROUTE TO ALASKA TERRITORY
Tacoma, Washington (JFK+50) On July 5, 1923, President Warren G. Harding and his party set out for the Alaska Territory after completing a grueling two-week trip across the nation.
The trip has left the President of the United States tired and he is expected to get some much needed rest as he sails northward.
The President spent five hours here in Tacoma before departure and was sent off by Washington governor Louis F.Hart*. The Presidential party boarded the U.S. Navy transport Henderson for the journey to Alaska.
*Louis Folwell Hart (1862-1929) was born in High Point, Missouri & began to practice law in Tacoma, Washington before serving as Lt. Gov. & then Governor of the state 1919-1925.
SOURCE
"President Leaves For Alaska Today; To Rest En Route," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., July 5, 1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
