Word: 200th
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Thus last week, did the 31st President of the U. S. speak of the first President of the U. S. The occasion was the 200th Anniversary of George Washington's birth. Inaugurated was a nine-month patriotic celebration. At noon President Hoover addressed a joint session of Congress, attended by his Cabinet and the diplomatic corps. After his speech he appeared at the east front of the Capitol and heard 12,000 people sing "America" under the direction of Walter Damrosch and John Philip Sousa. After lunch the President motored to Alexandria, Va. to review a parade which included...
...President Hoover set aside by proclamation the period between Feb. 22 and Thanksgiving Day as a time for celebrating the 200th Anniversary of George Washington's birth (see p. 29). ¶ The President signed the $126.000.000 first deficiency bill...
...celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Washington will be held at Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall, at 11 o'clock on Washington's Birthday. Dr. A. T. Davison '06 will lead 30 members of the Glee Club in songs of the American Revolution, and Professor Morison will speak on "The Young Man Washington," Mayer Russell will introduce Dean Murdock, who will preside...
...look at the 31st U. S. President, an enthusiastic crowd of 2,500 swarmed into Washington's central post office to buy likenesses of the first U. S. President. By nightfall over 40,000 philatelists from far and near had secured more than a million stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth. First in line were Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio and Representative Sol Bloom of New York, members of the Washington Bicentennial Commission, which plans elaborate celebrations throughout 1932. After they were served, 25 clerks were kept busy distributing the new series of twelve Washington...
...Next year will see a great national celebration led by President Hoover to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Washington. The next year Chicago will stage its Century of Progress. During his vacation last month Ambassador Charles Gates Dawes, in charge of the 1933 World's Fair finances, announced that of the $10,000,000 land issue authorized, $6,555,000 had been sold without corporate guarantees. About $1,000,000 more have been sold with such guarantees. Already constructed are the Administration and Travel & Transportation Buildings and a replica of Fort Dearborn. The Mayan Temple...