Laddie Boy Mystery Club

05/23/2023

Check out the awesome adventures that Laddie Boy has had recently. Thank you to Mrs. Pickens and the third grade classes at Hayes Elementary for sharing their bulletin board!

01/24/2023

10/14/2021

Come join us for two special days of Storytime here at the Harding Presidential Sites!!!

For more information check out the flier below! We hope to see you at his MERRY and NOT so SCARY Storytime!

08/27/2021

We couldn't end without mentioning one of the best, Laddie Boy!

Let’s meet the famous Laddie Boy, who was the celebrity Airedale Terrier, which belonged to Warren and Florence Harding.
Laddie Boy was the first celebrity Presidential animal. He made it into many news stories and magazines.

Laddie never missed an opportunity to be by President Hardings side, from brining the President the newspaper, enjoying some golf, and attending important cabinet meetings, he was always loyal and honest. Laddie boy was a true representation of loyalty and honesty, and these were virtues of President Harding.

Be sure to come check out our Laddie Boy Mystery Club at the Harding Presidential Sites! We need detectives to help Laddie Boy solve mysteries of the past! You will be able to use black lights to solve hidden riddles, use magnifying glasses for getting an up close look at some mysterious prints, and document your finding in your very own TOP SECRET case file! Are you up for the challenge? Stop by soon to see us.

Harding Presidential Sites

07/16/2021

"If you can only have the realization that you are helping to establish a more kindly consideration of the animal life of which we are a part and you can impress your audiences with the beauty of the friendship of dogs for human associates who treat them becomingly, and instill in human lives some of the honesty and fidelity which characterizes the lives we dogs live, you will find a compensation in the good you have done which will surpass any other experience in your life."

-Laddie Boy, 1921 newspaper interview
(Actually written by President Harding)

07/14/2021

We had our first kids become Detectives of the Laddie Boy Mystery Club today! Come join in on the fun!

The newly launched Laddie Boy Mystery Club for kids is under way! The program is a free add-on to a student admission.

07/13/2021

Laddie Boy has set all of his dog houses out in anticipation of all the detectives that are going to come and solve his mysteries!
Are you up for the challenge?

Starting tomorrow and continuing every day the site is open, a child admission includes a chance to become a Laddie Boy Mystery Club Detective! For more details be sure to ask at the front desk of the Harding Presidential Library! We hope to see you soon!
Harding Presidential Sites