The Archive · 1923

State Funeral at Washington

Washington, Aug. 8.

_. The capital last night receiv-€d the body of the nation's late Chief Executive with impressive solemnity: To the strains of "Nearer, my God, to Thee," the coffin was removed from the train and conveyed to the President's room at the station through a corridor of mourners and followed by the members of the Cabinet. President Coolidge paid his respects to. the dead as the coffin reasoned the head of the aisle of soldiers before the President's room. The coffin was enshrouded in a flag and borne to the Plaga, where it was placed on a caisson, drawn by six bays, and

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