THE PRESIDENCY: The Way of Peace

Extreme simplicity marked the funeral ceremonies and interment of the late President Woodrow Wilson.

Tributes of flowers from persons and organizations in many parts of the world arrived at the Street home. In order to make room for the assemblage of mourners, several truckloads of flowers were conveyed, at the request of Mrs. Wilson, to army hospitals.

Mrs. Wilson declined President Coolidge's offer of a state funeral in the lobby of the Capitol.

Presbyterian services were held at the Wilson home, where the group of mourners included the immediate family, the relatives of Mrs....

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