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June 2, "Professor of Falsehoods: William Chancellor's Bid to Derail the Harding Presidency," 7 p.m. at OSU Marion's Guthery Room. Friends of Harding Home and Ohio History Connection members, $5; general admission, $10.

June 18, Friends of Harding Home Day at the Harding Home, 1-3:30 p.m. Casual meal followed by site update and program about the Harding Home restoration. Friends members, no charge; general admission, $20.

June 23, Silent Movie Night at the Harding Home, 7 p.m. Freewill donation.

July 15-16, Warren G. Harding Symposium at OSU Marion.

July 16, Annual Presidential Wreathlaying at Harding Memorial, 10:30 a.m. No admission charge.

August 4, "The Help," 7 p.m. at OSU Marion's Guthery Room. Meet some of the people who worked for the Hardings and learn their stories. Friends of Harding Home and Ohio History Connection members, no charge; general admission, $10.

October 9, 85th Annual Scout Pilgrimage at the Harding Memorial, 3 p.m. . No charge.

November 13, Beyond the Ropes, 1:30 and 3:30 sessions at the Harding Home. Friends of Harding Home and Ohio History Connection members, no charge; general admission, $10. Reservations required due to limited seating.

November 17, Florence Harding Shopping Spree, 8-10 p.m., Scioto Shoe Mart, 206 James Way, Marion. Friends of Harding Home and Ohio History Connection members, $10; general admission, $15. Advance tickets only.

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In four short years, your experience at the Harding Home will be elevated to a more presidential scale, you might say.

The Harding Home we know today is a wonderful house full of original historical objects. In 2020, though, you'll come as close as possible to stepping into the Home and grounds as they appeared during Sen. Warren G. Harding's 1920 front porch campaign.

And, you'll learn what campaign reporters' jobs were like a century ago when you enter the cottage built especially for them.

Plan plenty of time to tour the Warren G. Harding Presidential Center, architecturally designed to blend a feel of Harding's warm personality with a healthy dose of prestige fitting for our 29th president.

Harding 2020, announced in April to an audience of more than 100 Marion community members and other invited guests, will transform the presidential site -- molding the excitement of the 1920 campaign into a new 21st century package.

Wait until you see what's ahead!

It's official!Harding Home heads to 2020with restoration, building plans

Harding Home site prepares for next 100 yearsThe design of the future Harding Home Presidential Site will be simple and logical. The Harding Home, which faces Mt. Vernon Avenue, will be the gem of the campus, as always.

On the west side of the Home (on the left in the adjacent rendering) is a house which will be the maintenance hub. It will retain its circa 1885 appearance in the neighborhood. The current driveway on the east side of that house will be removed, along with the small parking lot in the Harding backyard. The relocated parking lot will allow access from two major thoroughfares, plus permit bus entry.

The Press House, shown to the rear and slightly right of the Home in the rendering, will house an exhibit about the newspapermen who worked there and the role newspaper coverage played in the 1920 campaign.

The new presidential center will occupy four properties

along East Church Street, directly at the rear of the Harding Home. The L-shaped building will allow visitors to explore the many layers of the Harding story in the exhibit gallery, attend a program or special event in the spacious event hall, browse in an expanded gift shop and delve into the Harding era in a research center.

Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman, Ohio's members in the U.S. Senate, are the honorary co-chairs of Harding 2020. Each has voiced his belief in the importance of elevating the Harding story through Harding 2020.

"Harding 2020 represents a celebration of Ohio's history and its future," Sen. Brown said. "As a museum and an

archive, visitors from across the country and around the world will learn more about Warren Harding's

life in Marion and how it helped shape his presidency.

"Additionally, through its work with community partners, the Harding Home will also continue to serve as a center for discussion and ideas that continue to make Ohio a stronger state and lend to our tradition of civic participation."

Sen. Portman referred to Ohio's unique presidential history. "Ohio is known as the 'Mother of Presidents,' having given our country seven presidents, most recently my predecessor in the Senate, Warrren Harding. In 28 of the next 54 years after the election of Ulysses S. Grant, the Republican President of the United

States was from Ohio," he said.

"President Harding's 'front porch' campaign epitomized Buckeye common sense: fiscal responsibility, with, as he put it, 'less government in business, and more business in government.' He won in a landslide, lowered taxes and ushered in an era of prosperity," the senator said. "His memory is dear to the proud heritage of Ohio and to American history; I am honored to serve as co-chair of Harding 2020."

Ohio's U.S. Senators lead charge for Harding 2020

You have a role to play in Harding 2020. You are part of the team, the machinery that makes the project roll forward (you get the picture.)

The projected cost of Harding 2020 -- which includes the presidential center and the restoration work -- is $6.3 million. An additional $1 million endowment will help fund

expanded day to day operations. More than 40 percent of the goal has been raised through public and private funds. Now is the time to get on board with this exciting project!

Go to www.ohiohistory.org/Harding2020 to donate online, or consider extending your support with a multi-year donation from your family, foundation or corporation.

Wanted: Harding enthusiasts who want to explore president's story

The first floor, shown above, features a rotunda lobby flanked by columns. The gift shop is shown on the north (left) side of the rotunda. A large exhibit gallery is on the south (right) side of the rotunda. East of the rotunda is the event space, which can be condoned off into smaller spaces. It opens up onto the courtyard. Restrooms and a catering kitchen are close by.

Ride the elevator or climb the stairs to the second floor, and you'll see the administrative office suite and the secure collections storage area. The storage area will house historical objects which are not on display, allowing the staff easy access in a climate-controlled environment. A research room will allow authors, historians, students and Harding enthusiasts space to work.

Elegant rotunda will grace new buildingA rotunda lobby, featuring stately columns, may remind visitors to the new presidential center of the nearby Harding Memorial, the Ohio Statehouse Rotunda or the U.S. Capitol Building -- all of which are closely connected to the story of Warren G. Harding.

"The rotunda is the main hub of the building," Harding Home Presidential Site Manager Sherry Hall said. "From there, you purchase your admission tickets, enter the gift shop, head to the event hall, stroll the exhibit gallery or begin your walk to the Home. The building is very logical and efficient in layout."

The exhibit gallery, shown as empty space in the lower drawing at the left, will house many exhibits about Warren and Florence Harding, from their early lives to the important Marion Daily Star years, and from Harding's political career

to the famous front porch campaign. Visitors will experience the Hardings' White House, explore the national and international issues facing the president, travel with him on his western trip to Alaska and gather insight about his legacy after his untimely death while in office.

Designed by the Ohio History Connection Director of Architectural Services Fred Smith and his staff, the presidential center will cater to the visitor experience, with the majority of public space easily accessible on the first floor. Interior and exterior building materials will be carefully selected to reflect both Harding's warm personality and his status as president.

"A lot of philosophical thought has gone into this," Hall said. "This building will be uniquely Harding, just as other presidential museums have their own voices".

Jeffris Family Foundation gives boost to restorationThe Harding Home restoration project, which is half of Harding 2020, received a huge financial boost with a $435,000 challenge grant from the Jeffris Family Foundation.

The Jeffris foundation grant will pay for one-third of the cost of restoring the Harding Home to its 1920 appearance. The other two-thirds will come from private donations which need to be achieved by June 2018. The restoration totals approximately

$1.3 million and is part of the $6.3 million Harding 2020 price tag.

"We are already siginificantly on our way to the two-thirds amount," Harding Home Presidential Site Manager Sherry Hall said, "but we need others to participate." Donors to Harding 2020 can earmark their gifts for the restoration, the presidential center, the endowment, or for a combination of these destinations.

Although located in Wisconsin, the

Jeffris foundation embraced the Harding endeavor, feeling it was a good fit for its interest in historic preservation projects in smaller cities in the Midwest.

When finished, the Harding Home will reflect such attributes as wallpapers authentic to Mrs. Harding's choices for the 1920 campaign, and furnishings which were in the home that famous summer. "You literally will be in the center of the 1920 campaign," Hall said.

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The Warren G. Harding Home & Memorialare historic sites of the Ohio History Connection,

locally managed by Marion Technical College

June 18, 1-3:30 p.m.Harding Home tentLunch & program about the upcoming restoration

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Free for Friends, $20 for non-members

RSVP by June 10

Friends of the Harding Home Day

Waffle breakfast, golf outing start summer season off rightStorm clouds skirted the Marion Country Club on May 1, and the President Harding Golf Outing went off without a hitch, raking in proceeds for the Harding Home restoration.

Fifteen golfing foursomes made the second year for the event a success, with the foursome of Don Wiley, Charlie Wall, Rocky Miller and Kirk Ballinger winning the day.

Our thanks to the following sponsors: Rosie & Joe Catera; Henry Lumber; Sims Brothers Recycling; Verne Hart Insurance; Chicago Title Co.; Fruth & Co.; Marion Technical College; Hertz; Laipply's Printing & Marketing Solutions; Stifel; 29 Brew Pub; 10 & Co. Photography; Candy Shack Cafe; Drain Pro; Tuffy's Auto Service; Ohio State University Marion; A-1 Printing; Eagle Creek; Kepford Farms; Tom Mathews & Todd Anderson, Attorneys; Hensel Investments; Jack's Secondhand Shop; Marion Public Library; Johnston Supply; Wyandot Inc.; Shamrock Insurance; Ted McKinniss, Attorney; Stevens Construction;

Well-Kaw Glass; Radebaugh & Co.; Family of Sally S. Adams.

Two weeks later, the second annual Waffle Breakfast took place at Tri-Rivers Career Center, with the proceeds helping to defray costs associated with restoring Florence Harding's White House piano. The piano will be in the new Harding Presidential Center.

Waffles were a favorite meal of President Harding, and Mrs. Harding's recipe was published in magazines during the campaign.The site will beef up

its waffle station in 2017, in anticipation of the steadly growing attendance. Members of the Harding Home Advisory Committee served, while Harding Home researcher Jon Andersen called upon his day job skills and headed up chef duties.

Warren G. Harding Symposium

July 15-16 @ OSU Marion & Marion Technical College

"The American Presidential Candidate:Reality vs. Illusion"

Registration deadline: July 8go.osu.edu/harding or call 740-725-6340R