Spirits of the West by Robert C. Belyk6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() The presidential train crossed Missouri under an unrelenting sun. Louis, he frequently halted the train along the way to make impromptu speeches from the rear platform of his specially built rail car. The president was a gregarious individual who enjoyed grass roots politicking.Īlthough the president’s first scheduled stop was not until St. During his swing through the West, he made fourteen formal speeches in the larger cities. ![]() The first part of his trip was physically taxing on the president. On the return journey from the territory, a brief goodwill stop in Vancouver was scheduled. In the late spring of 1923 President Harding began a long tour by train through the western United States, followed by a sea voyage to Alaska. But it was a visit soon followed by tragedy. This was the beginning of a historic visit by the twenty-ninth president of the United States. ![]() Along the dock, the president inspected a guard of honour while a Canadian military band picked up the strains of “The Star Spangled Banner”.Ī formal welcome was presented by the representatives of the federal, provincial and civic governments. Once on Canadian soil, a twenty-one gun salute from the 16th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery shook the air. The band aboard the Henderson played “The Star Spangled Banner” as the President and Mrs. Harding, President of the United States, disembarked from the troop carrier, U.S.S. Canada's History Youth Committee Members.The John Bragg Award for Atlantic Canada.Historical Thinking Community of Practice. ![]()
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