'Their' Majestic: were given a lusty ting by L000) British subjects who shouted "hip hip hootay their Majesties arrived.
From the Embassy Their Mfajesties proceeded to the Capitol to receive the Senators and Representatives. The King wore formal morning st lire and the Queen appeared Fadiant despite the intense heat.
Committee headed by Senator ice Pittman, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations "Committee, and 2tr, Sol Bloom. acting chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, met their Majesties on the Capitol steps where deadening cheers. re-Sounded from hundreds of thousands of Americans gathered on the plaza.
Asconding the Capitol steps, the King and Queen entered "the high voulied rotunda where they were greeted by Vice President John Garner and Mr. William Bankhead, Speaker of the House of Repre-
The various Congressmen then fined past the King and Queen for a linement of hand. shaking. Only a fow last dite Congressional dissenters of Trish descent were absent from the reception. Those Congress~ men. present were notable for the difference In their attire, many wear-Ing customary morning' clothes. but sr almost equal number being Aressed in summer tinens, On the President's Yacht Leaving the Capitol without visit-the assembly halls, from which they are barred by law, the King end Queen drove to the Washington Navy Yard where they joined Presi and Mrs, Roosevelt and sailed the President's yacht, USS. Potomac, for Mount Vernon, the former home and burial place of George Washington.
Another 21-gun salute was sounded fas the yacht sailed to the cheers of crowd estimated to number 250,000.
The King placed the wreath on the tomb of the first President of the United States with quiet reverence. The moment contrasted strikingly with the hubbub of the crowds the Royal party had temporarily left behind in. Washington, 'The King and Queen, with the Roosevelts, then toured the Washington family' home. The Queen and Mrs Roosevelt chatted with the caretakers fas they noted the various points of Interest.
Later im the day their Majesties went to Fort Hunt, Ya, to inspect 'a model Civilian Conservation Corps amp In conformance with the King's expressed. desire.
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