THE PRESIDENCY: Mr. Coolidge's Week: Sep. 29, 1924

Mr. Coolidge's Week

¶ The President reviewed the Marines stationed at Quantico as they marched into the White House grounds headed by Major General John Archer Lejeune, following maneuvers on the battlefield of Antietam.

¶At Amherst, John Coolidge, son of the President, took a pledge to Phi Gamma Delta, fraternity to which Coolidge senior belongs. ¶In honor of Mexican Independence Day, President Coolidge sent a telegram to President Obregon expressing "cordial felicitations and fervent wishes for the continued prosperity of your great and friendly republic." ¶ Following a cruise aboard...

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