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INTERIOR, WARREN G. HARDING MEMORIAL, MARION, OHIO
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HARDING MEMORIAL
MARION, OHIO
This beautiful memorial was erected by popular
subscription, 1926-1928, with contributions from
many thousands of school children from every State
in the Union. The Philippines and Alaska made
responses--proportionately greater than any of the
states.
The building is 250 feet in circumference, 80
feet in diameter and 50 feet high. Forty-eight
gigantic pillars symbolizing the forty-eight states
support the heavy circular roof. This structure is
regarded as one the of finest examples of architecture
in the country-its massive white Georgia marble
columns adding great dignity.
Total cost of Memorial and grounds $777,000.
Cornerstone laid May 30, 1926.
President Harding died in San Francisco, Aug 10,
1923, and Mrs. Florence Kling Harding in Marion,
Nov. 21, 1924. On Dec. 21, 1927 the bodies
of President, and Mrs. Harding were moved from
the mausoleum in Marion cemetery and placed in
the hermetically sealed sarcophagus here.
WIANT'S BOOK STORE, MARION, OHIO
