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Show HONOR MEMORY OF WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 (LLP) President Hoover led the nation in paying homage to George Washington Washing-ton yesterday, journeying to nearby near-by Alexandria, Va., on the 199th anniversary of the birth of the first president to attend services at the church where Washington worshipped. Occupying the same pew formerly former-ly used by Washington at the historic his-toric Christ church, Mr. Hoover heard a sermon on "The Religious Life of Washington," and then sent his military aide to place a wreath upon Washington's tomb at Mt. Vernon. The text of the sermon was read by Rev. William Jackson Morton from the old Washington family bible, presented to the church in 1804 by George Washington Washing-ton Parke Curtis, the first president's presi-dent's adopted son. The president was accompanied at the Alexandria services by Mrs. Hoover and their five-year-old granddaughter, Peggy Ann. |