April 12, 2024
1921 headline display newspaper WARREN G HARDING INAUGURATION as US PRESIDENT
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1921 headline display newspaper WARREN G HARDING INAUGURATION as US PRESIDENTPlease visit our EBAY STORE at the link directly below for HUNDREDS of HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS on sale or at auction:/Steve-Goldman-HISTORICAL-NEWSPAPERS_W0QQsspagenameZL2222QQtZkmSEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the Augusta Herald (GA) dated Mar 4, 1921.This newspaper contains a bold banner headline and long detailed account of the INAUGURATION of Republican WARREN G HARDING as President of the US .The inauguration of Warren G. Harding took place on March 4, 1921, marking the beginning of his tenure as the 29th President of the United States and Calvin Coolidge 's tenure as Vice President. Chief Justice Edward D. White administered the Oath of office .Harding utilized the bible George Washington used at his swearing in. This was the first time an automobile was used in an inaugural ceremony, driving President Wilson and President-Elect Harding to the Capitol.Later-President Coolidge would criticize the inauguration: "I was struck by the lack of order and formality that prevailed." Coolidge was sworn in as Vice President in the Senate Chamber and on the east portico of the Capitol, respectively, which he believed ruined "all semblance of unity and continuity." Critic H. L. Menken went further, describing Harding's inaugural address itself thus:
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