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The Watchman And Southron
Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
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President Coolidge received a bronze medal from King Albert of Belgium for his interest in aviation, delivered by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh after his transatlantic flight. The award recognizes Coolidge as 'High protector of the international league of aviators.' Announcement made in Rapid City, S.D., on Aug. 20.
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Rapid City, S.D., Aug. 20.—Announcement was made today of the presentation of a medal to President Coolidge by King Albert of the Belgians in recognition of his interest in aviation. The medal was intrusted to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh at the time of his reception in Brussels after his epoch-making flight from New York to Paris.
Col. Lindbergh brought it to the White House in Washington. The medal is cast in bronze and on one side bears the president's name and on the other the words:
"High protector of the international league of aviators."
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Rapid City, S.D.
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Aug. 20
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medal presented to president coolidge; bronze, inscribed with his name and 'high protector of the international league of aviators.'
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Announcement of medal presentation to President Coolidge by King Albert for aviation interest, entrusted to Lindbergh in Brussels after his New York to Paris flight, brought to White House.