Harding Sites Hours to be Impacted Weekend of July 14-15

Hours of the Warren G. Harding Presidential Sites will be impacted the weekend of July 14-15 due to multiple events. The Harding Presidential Sites will close at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, July 14th, to accommodate the opening reception of the Warren G. Harding Symposium. The last tour of the day

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100 Years Ago, President Played Golf and Fished in Florida in an Attempt to Rebound from Influenza

One hundred years ago this month, President Harding and his wife, Florence, were in Florida as the president slowly regained his strength from a nasty bout of the flu in January. The flu was perhaps a bit worse than the public knew, and Harding was slow to recover. That illness

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Harding Sites Annual Waffle Breakfast Set For April 22nd

The Harding Presidential Sites’ Waffle Breakfast is back in 2023! The breakfast is scheduled for 7:30- 11:00 a.m. on April 22 at the Warren G. Harding Presidential Library & Museum’s beautiful event space. The waffle breakfast has a special tie to the story of Warren and Florence Harding. Warren’s favorite

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2023 Marks 100th Anniversary of Harding ‘Voyage’

One hundred years ago this month, President Warren Harding announced that he planned to go to Alaska in the summer to get a first-hand feel for how the nation should develop — and protect — the territory’s bounty of natural resources. Harding labeled his ambitious trip of eight weeks the

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Harding Presidential Sites Closed December 23rd Due To Weather Conditions

The Harding Presidential Sites will be closed tomorrow, December 23rd, due to inclement weather conditions. The Harding Presidential Sites will be closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. We will resume normal operations next week on December 29th.

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Holidays with the Hardings Ticket Sale Ends December 2nd

Time is a-tickin’! Friday, December 2 is the deadline to purchase tickets for Holidays with the Hardings, on December 10! Tickets are $25 per person, and $20 for Friends of WG Harding and Ohio History Connection members. The event, scheduled from 11:30-1 p.m. at the Harding Presidential Library & Museum

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What is the Real Story about President Harding’s Papers?

By Sherry Hall, Site Manager of the Harding Presidential Sites With the recent media coverage about former President Trump and presidential papers at Mar- a-Lago, you may have caught a couple of references to the Harding Presidential Papers. The references centered around the persistent, 100- year rumor that Florence Harding

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Harding Museum Closed Morning of July 16th for Presidential Wreathlaying

The Harding Presidential Library & Museum and Harding Home will be closed until noon on Saturday morning, July 16th , while the annual Presidential Wreathlaying takes place at 10:30 a.m. at the Harding Memorial. The public is welcome to attend the wreathlaying, which is free of charge. The site will

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Harding Family Patriarch Passes Away

The patriarch of the extended Harding family has passed away. Dr. George T. Harding IV, 93, died early Saturday morning at his home in Loma Linda, CA. Dr. Harding’s passing certainly creates a huge void in the Harding family. It also makes us at the Harding Sites feel a little

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Harding Presidential Sites Embark on New Era with its Dedication

It’s official: the Harding Presidential Sites have entered a new era. After a year’s delay due to the pandemic, members of the Ohio History Connection, private donors,  Harding family members and special guests celebrated the transformation at the Harding Sites. The dedication was held outdoors in a large tent on

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