COOLIDGE MAY ATTEND HARDING MEMORIAL SERVICES IN MARION
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On October 15, 1923, The Evening Star reports that President Calvin Coolidge "may attend" memorial services for the late President Warren G. Harding to be held on November 2, 1923 in Marion, Ohio. The date was chosen because it is the anniversary of Mr. Harding's birth.
While Mr. Coolidge's standard policy is to make no trips from the White House "prior to the convening of Congress," it is reported that the president is of the opinion that this memorial service is "of such a nature as to warrant (a) deviation" from the standard policy.
JFK+50 NOTE
The remains of President Harding were placed in a receiving vault in Marion Cemetery until December 1927 when they were interred, along with Mrs. Harding's, in the Harding Memorial, Marion, Ohio.
We can find no information as to whether the proposed memorial service mentioned in today's post was held. The Evening Star editions of November 2nd & 3rd, 1923 do not mention such an event.
SOURCES
"President May Go to Marion for Harding Service," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., October 15, 1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
"The History of the Harding Memorial," Warren G. Harding Presidential Sites, www.historypresidentialsites.org/
