Mrs. Harding Packing Up Her Things at the White House, Aug. 11, 1923

Mrs. Harding Back in Washington Now. . . Will Spend Few Days Packing Belongings and Making Plans for Her Final Departure

By the Associated Press

Washington, D.C., Aug. 11—On the same train that bore her husband’s body across the continent from San Francisco and then to Marion for burial yesterday, Mrs. Harding returned to Washington today to pack her personal belongings at the White House and to arrange for her final departure from the capital.

As the train which will have a place in history by virtue of the momentous journey it has traveled, approached Washington to be broken up finally for other uses, the widow of the President called to her state room every member of the party which had made the pilgrimage to Alaska and back, and thanked each one individually for remaining with her “until the end.” She appeared still to be bearing up courageously after yesterday’s ordeal in Marion.

She was driven directly to the White House where it was thought only a few days will be required for her to finally close out her affairs there and leave the mansion which has been her home since 1921.

At the White House, waiting to receive her when she arrived, was Mrs. Coolidge. The new first lady of the land insisted that Mrs. Harding remain as long as she desired.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Aug. 11, 1923