PRESIDENT TO VISIT ZION PARK IN SW UTAH
Salt Lake City, Utah (JFK+50) On June 27, 1923, President Warren G. Harding was on his way to visit Zion Park* in southwest Utah. The President's "special train" left here in Salt Lake City before midnight and is scheduled to enter the park at Cedar City.
Before departure, President Harding spoke at the 12,000 seat Mormon Tabernacle where he discussed the topics of taxation and U.S. entry into the Permanent Court of International Justice.
On the latter, the President said...
"I want America to have something of a spiritual ideal...to play her part in helping...abolish war."
*Zion National Park, located near Springdale in Southwestern Utah, was established in 1919 & has more than 3.5 million visitors annually. The Park includes mountains, canyons, buttes, mesas & rivers.
SOURCE
"President Tours Zion Park On Way To Speak In Idaho," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., June 27, 1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
