Former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt walks with others. He is next seen, standing in an open car, waving his hat to the crowd. The location is the Campus Martius area, at Woodward and Michigan Avenues. The Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' monument is visible in the background. The occasion is the Fourth Liberty Loan Drive. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
As part of activities for the Fourth Liberty Loan Drive, in World War 1, a crowd of 15,000 attends the official opening of the Liberty Forum, marked by unveiling of a Statue of Liberty at Cadillac Square, in Detroit, Michigan. Abner Larned, chairman of the Liberty Loan sales committee and Mayor Oscar B. Marx officiate. The base of the statue contains words: "They Died For Liberty," and a list of fallen members.of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Troops carry casket containing the body of U.S. President William H Taft from his Washington DC home to the Capitol building in a horse cart. Escort is provided by U.S. Army troops E and F, 3rd Cavalry, from Fort Myer, Virginia. Citizens view the body in Capitol Rotunda. People queue up for paying homage to the body of the deceased President Taft. The casket is placed on a hearse for the journey across the Potomac. The body is borne by caisson All Souls Unitarian Church. Flowers at the grave of President William Howard Taft at Arlington National Cemetery.
View of the Alexander Hamilton Statue. Map shows location of the Treasury building. View of the Treasury building. Cars parked on street.
Early views of the National Museum of Natural History building and the Freer Gallery building on the National Mall in Washington DC. Union Square at the foot of the Capitol building on plan. Statues of General Ulysses S Grant and the George Gordon Meade Memorial. McMillan plan of 1901. View of the building housing the Department of the Interior. The War, Navy and Munitions buildings in Potomac Park. Lincoln Memorial is seen. Aerial view of the Capitol building and its surroundings.
Construction of Agriculture Department buildings on Pennsylvania Avenue and the Capitol building. Proposed construction of Departments of Justice buildings, Government's Archives building and the Interstate Commerce Commission buildings on the plan. American Troops parade. Capitol building in background. General John Joseph 'Black Jack' Pershing leads the parade. President Herbert Hoover and Chief Justice William Howard Taft review the inaugural parade.
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