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#OnThisDay July 26, 1923, President Harding’s “Voyage of Understanding” group arrived in Vancouver, Canada. His President Harding’s car in the front of the welcome parade, then he gave a speech. (1923-42 & 1923-44)

#FlashbackFriday In 2012, we celebrated our 50th anniversary with a special exhibit, which featured artifacts from our early days and White House china collected by Set Momjian.

#OnThisDay July 24, 1929, President Hoover proclaims in effect the Kellogg-Briand pact, which renounces the use of war as an instrument of national policy. The Pact will eventually have a total of 62 nations as signatories. (31-1929-a15)

President Harding’s “Voyage of Understanding” group sailed on the U.S.S. Henderson to Sitka, Alaska #OnThisDay July 23, 1923, heading for Vancouver, Canada. (31-1923-a57)

President Harding’s “Voyage of Understanding” party sailed on the U.S.S. Henderson to Sitka, Alaska #OnThisDay July 22, 1923, where they visited Alaska Totem Poles. (group at Sitka 31-1923-a18, and with totem pole 31-1923-a21)

#OnThisDay July 21, 1930, President Hoover signed E.O. 5398, creating the Veterans Administration by the consolidation of the existing Veterans Bureau, the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and the Bureau of Pensions. Read Hoover Heads blog: hoover.blogs.archives.gov/2021/07/07/her…

National Ice Cream Day is the 3rd Sunday in July. This photo shows Lou Henry Hoover feeding ice cream to a bear cub in Seward, Alaska during President Harding’s “Voyage of Understanding.” (31-1923-05)

#OnThisDay July 19, 1923, President Harding’s “Voyage of Understanding” group arrives in Valdez, Alaska; the group took a hay rack ride. (1923-a15)

Today’s #FlashbackFriday shows images of our 2016 exhibit about President Harding’s 1923 “Voyage of Understanding.” See current museum construction progress here: hoover.archives.gov/museum-renovat…

#OnThisDay, July 17, 1907, Allan Hoover is born in London. Here is baby Allan with Lou Hoover and older brother, Herbert, looking on. (31-1907-10)

#OnThisDay July 15, 1923, President Harding’s “Voyage of Understanding” group arrived at Fairbanks. Harding drove a ceremonial 14-karat gold spike at Nenana completing the construction of the Alaska Railroad that began in 1903. (31-1923-a34)

#OnThisDay July 14, 1900, the Eight Nation Alliance captured the city of Tientsin, China during the Boxer Rebellion, ending the month-long siege. Herbert and Lou Hoover were among the civilians who survived the siege. (31-1900-06) Read more: hoover.blogs.archives.gov/2021/06/02/the…

#OnThisDay July 13, 1923, President Harding’s “Voyage of Understanding” stopped at Anchorage & Chickaloon. Next, they embarked on a 7-day tour on the Alaska Railroad starting at Seward, heading to Fairbanks. (1923-99, 1923-a45, 31-hhcom-b19-f01i01 )

President Harding’s group arrived in Seward early in the morning #OnThisDay July 12, 1923. Harding and others visited the Masonic Lodge. Later, Secretary of Commerce, Herbert Hoover, organized a fishing trip (31-1923-a03 & a04)

This #FlashbackFriday features a female mallard nested in shrubs in front of the building back in 2003. When it came time to leave, a duckling fell into the gutter and was rescued by staff and a visitor. See current museum construction progress here: hoover.archives.gov/museum-renovat…

Take a look at a timelapse video showing Museum construction work from June 1-30

Called the “Voyage of Understanding,” President Harding’s trip across the U.S. marked the first time a sitting president visited the Territory of Alaska. #OnThisDay July 8, 1923, the group visited Metlakatla, and Ketchikan (1923-a23 & 1923-a26) Read more: hoover.blogs.archives.gov/2016/01/20/ala…

#OnThisDay July 9, 1923, President Harding’s “Voyage of Understanding,” group traveled aboard the naval ship, USS Henderson, built in 1917, 482 feet in length and carrying a crew of about 325, to Wrangell, Alaska. (1923-a30)