

| President Taft Comes to Town 1909 |


| Pres. Taft enters Unitarian Church for Sunday service. |
| Pres. Taft returns from a sightseeing trip across Lake Pontchartrain. I don't know how tight security was for presidents in 1909, but, from the looks of this boat, safety didn't factor into it very much. :-) |
| Above & two pictures below: Pres. Taft's guest suite at the St. Charles Hotel. |
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| Pres. Taft visits soldiers' home, Camp Nicholls, on Bayou St. John. |