Word: escorted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...moments, he disappeared and came back with Mrs. Dawes, who was dressed in a blue* suit with hat to match. The inaugural committee was waiting in the lobby. Mr. and Mrs. Dawes entered an open car with Senator Curtis. A troop of cavalry formed as an escort and they drove around the corner to the White House...
...entered the first car, the President sitting on her right and Senator Curtis on her left. Mr. and Mrs. Dawes entered the second car. In single file, the cars rolled out of the grounds. Outside, buglers sounded a flourish. The escort of cavalry took up its position. As the cars emerged from the gate, a waiting crowd cheered. The President looked straight ahead. Two troops of cavalry led the procession. Then came the President's car, flanked by two cars containing secret service men, with a detective standing on the running board of each. Behind, followed three troops of cavalry...
...dead body was carried from the sanitarium to the Presidential Palace between two long lines of smoking, flaming torches, held by members of the Reichsbanner, republican organization. Flags slipped down half the length of the masts on which they were hoisted. There was a clattering of a police escort, a deep silence from a sorrowing country to mark the day upon which Fritz Ebert passed away...
...Tsar Alexander II. was driving along the bank of the St. Michael Canal wren a young man threw what appeared to be a snowball at the Imperial sledge. The snowball went off with a thundering detonation, the carriage was shattered, two men of the Tsar's escort were killed outright, many were wounded; but Alexander escaped scot-free...
When Samuel Gompers set out for Mexico City (TIME, Dec. 1), he went to his death. But his way thither was a path of triumph. He, with honor, love, obedience, troops of friends, entrained for the 50-hour journey from El Paso, Tex., under military escort. At Mexico City, he and his fellows from the A. F. L. attended the Convention of the Pan-American Federation of Labor. In his capacity as President, he presided. He also attended the inauguration of President Calles, who piled honors upon him. Yet his honors came at a price...