"IN HEAVY WIND & CHOPPY SEAS"

COOLIDGE ENJOYS LONG CRUISE DOWN THE POTOMAC

Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On March 30, 1925, President Calvin Coolidge returned to The White House after a "refreshing" cruise on the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay aboard the Mayflower*.

The Evening Star reports the trip as having been "in heavy wind and choppy seas," but the Mayflower sailed "nearly" as far as Newport.

The Star states...

"The vessel anchored in the Potomac...last night and came up to the Navy Yard shortly before 8 o'clock.  This is one of the longest cruises the President has made...in many months."

*USS Mayflower (1896-1955) served Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, Harding & Coolidge.  USSM was originally built as a private yacht.

SOURCE

"President Back Home From Long Bay Trip," The Evening Star, The Evening Star, March 30, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/

USS Mayflower

1905

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"LONGEST WEEKEND CRUISE OF COOLIDGE PRESIDENCY"

PRESIDENT WILL GET HIS SUNDAY STAR DROPPED ONTO DECK OF THE MAYFLOWER

Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On May 31, 1924, The Evening Star reports President Calvin Coolidge will have his Sunday Star "dropped from the skies to the deck of the Mayflower" tomorrow as he cruises down the Potomac River."

The Star says that plans for the drop will be made today at the Naval Air Station, Anacostia, District of Columbia.

This will be the longest "weekend cruise" of the Coolidge presidency.  The cruise will go "down the Potomac to Chesapeake Bay."

SOURCE

"Airplane to Drop Sunday Star to President on Ship," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., May 31, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/

 

 

USS Mayflower 1905

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