Description: Photograph showing a large crowd at the Harding Tomb and Memorial in Marion, Ohio. This historic site is the final resting place of Warren G. Harding and his wife, Florence. Harding was the 29th president of the U.S, (1921–1923) and the first president elected after women were allowed to vote in national elections. The Harding Tomb is a dramatic marble memorial to commemorate President and Mrs. Harding, and to serve as their tomb. Shortly after Harding died in office, The Harding Memorial Association was formed to raise money for a memorial site in honor of the late president. Construction of the tomb started in 1926 and was completed in 1927, although it didn't receive its formal dedication until 1931. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P245_B03F08_001D
Subjects: Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; Monuments & memorials; Presidents--Death and burial
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing a large crowd at the Harding Tomb and Memorial in Marion, Ohio. This historic site is the final resting place of Warren G. Harding and his wife, Florence. Harding was the 29th president of the U.S, (1921–1923) and the first president elected after women were allowed to vote in national elections. The Harding Tomb is a dramatic marble memorial to commemorate President and Mrs. Harding, and to serve as their tomb. Shortly after Harding died in office, The Harding Memorial Association was formed to raise money for a memorial site in honor of the late president. Construction of the tomb started in 1926 and was completed in 1927, although it didn't receive its formal dedication until 1931. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P245_B03F08_001B
Subjects: Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; Monuments & memorials; Presidents--Death and burial
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing a speech at the Harding Tomb and Memorial in Marion, Ohio. This historic site is the final resting place of Warren G. Harding and his wife, Florence. Harding was the 29th president of the U.S, (1921–1923) and the first president elected after women were allowed to vote in national elections. The Harding Tomb is a dramatic marble memorial to commemorate President and Mrs. Harding, and to serve as their tomb. Shortly after Harding died in office, The Harding Memorial Association was formed to raise money for a memorial site in honor of the late president. Construction of the tomb started in 1926 and was completed in 1927, although it didn't receive its formal dedication until 1931. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P245_B03F08_001C
Subjects: Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; Monuments & memorials; Presidents--Death and burial; Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing a speech at the Harding Tomb and Memorial in Marion, Ohio. This historic site is the final resting place of Warren G. Harding and his wife, Florence. Harding was the 29th president of the U.S, (1921–1923) and the first president elected after women were allowed to vote in national elections. The Harding Tomb is a dramatic marble memorial to commemorate President and Mrs. Harding, and to serve as their tomb. Shortly after Harding died in office, The Harding Memorial Association was formed to raise money for a memorial site in honor of the late president. Construction of the tomb started in 1926 and was completed in 1927, although it didn't receive its formal dedication until 1931. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P245_B03F08_001A
Subjects: Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; Monuments & memorials; Presidents--Death and burial; Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the graves at the Warren G. Harding Memorial in Marion, Ohio. Warren G. Harding was the 29th President of the United States. For the most part, Harding proved to be a poor manager of the federal government. He delegated authority to his cabinet officials. These men became known as the ""Ohio Gang."" Unfortunately for Harding and the country, many of these men proved to be unscrupulous, causing a great deal of distrust among the American people for their government officials. It is unclear, however, how much Harding knew of his subordinates' actions. Perhaps, the worst scandal of Harding's administration was the Teapot Dome Scandal. Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall rented government lands to oil companies in return for personal loans. Fall was found guilty of this illegal action and was sentenced to prison in 1931. Adding to the corruption, Thomas Miller, chairman of the Office of Alien Property, accepted bribes, and Charles Forbes, the head of the Bureau of Veterans' Affairs, embezzled funds. At this same time, it became known that Harding commonly drank alcohol in the White House, although this was a direct violation of Prohibition. The American people also began to hear rumors of extramarital affairs that Harding engaged in, including one with a friend's wife, Carrie Fulton Phillips, and another with neighbor Nan Britton. Britton claimed after Harding's death to have conceived a daughter with Harding while he was a senator. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06518
Subjects: Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; President; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Presidents--Death and burial
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Harding Memorial is the burial location of President Warren G. Harding and First Lady Florence Kling Harding. It is located in Marion, Ohio at the southeast corner of Vernon Heights Boulevard and Delaware Avenue. Construction of the memorial begun in 1926 with funds raised by popular subscriptions and was completed in the early winter of 1927. The memorial was formally dedicated on June 16, 1931, by President Hoover and Governor George White of Ohio. The structure is constructed of white Georgia marble and was designed by Henry Hornbustle, Edward Mellon, and Erie Fisher Wood of Pittsburgh. It is 103’ in diameter and 53’ in height. The open design honors the Hardings’ wishes that they be buried outside. The structure is circular in form with a free-standing Doric colonnade on the exterior. In the approximate center of the monument, on a circular plot open to the sky, are the sarcophagi of the Hardings, covered by two slabs of emerald pearl Labrador granite. On the tome of President Harding is a bronze palm wreath and that of Mrs. Harding, a bronze wreath of roses. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F19_001_1
Subjects: Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923--Death & burial--Ohio--Marion; Monuments--Ohio
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing a speech by President Herbert Hoover at the Harding Tomb and Memorial in Marion, Ohio. This historic site is the final resting place of Warren G. Harding and his wife, Florence. Harding was the 29th president of the U.S, (1921–1923) and the first president elected after women were allowed to vote in national elections. The Harding Tomb is a dramatic marble memorial to commemorate President and Mrs. Harding, and to serve as their tomb. Shortly after Harding died in office, The Harding Memorial Association was formed to raise money for a memorial site in honor of the late president. Construction of the tomb started in 1926 and was completed in 1927, although it didn't receive its formal dedication until 1931. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P245_B03F08_003B
Subjects: Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; Monuments & memorials; Presidents--Death and burial; Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964; Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph of the funeral procession of President Warren G. Harding in Marion, Ohio, 1923, was probably taken by Walter Lauffer. Walter Lauffer was a photographer, filmmaker and outdoorsman from Mt. Gilead, Ohio. Harding was the 29th President of the United States, elected in 1920 with sixty-one percent of the popular vote. He died suddenly while still in office, on a trip to the western United States, where he was the first president to visit the territory of Alaska. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05118
Subjects: Presidents--Death and burial; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)