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Funeral Train of President Harding Passes Cedar Rapids
The funeral train bearing Warren G. Harding's coffin passed Cedar Rapids on August 6 1923 en route to Washington D C after his death in San Francisco on August 2. At Union Station Cedar Rapids Mayor C D Huston and Col C B Robbins offered a wreath as Herbert Hoover then secretary of commerce joined the official party onboard.
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Warren G. Harding
Cedar Rapids
Washington, D.C
Harding
San Francisco
Union Station
C.D. Huston
Col. C.B. Robbins
American Legion
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Commerce