Mr. Lanham Revisited: August 10, 1926

A Taft rose, an afternoon swim, an inspiring Kiwanis talk, and a play

Mr. Lanham began a busy day by cutting a “lovely” President Taft rose from his garden. I couldn’t find a picture of the rose, but I hope it was a large one, in order to pay true homage to the president it was named for. William Howard “Big Bill” Taft, who served a single term as president between Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, was appointed chie…