A President's Best Friend

October 30, 2015  •  Leave a Comment

Handsome and debonair, President Warren Harding found himself in 1921 at the helm of a country at peace and increasingly prosperous. The clouds that would gather over his reputation were yet in the distance. His Airdale quickly became a reliable source for stories about the White House, appearing in the press nearly every day. Laddie Boy got his own chair for attending cabinet meetings, had his portrait done in oil,  and was the first dog to have a personal interview in a newspaper.

The First Lady did not benefit from Laddie Boy's good press, but Florence Harding was the animal rights activist in the administration.


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