An Invitation to the White House

A few weeks ago, while sorting through the papers and letters of my maternal grandparents William (Will) Liming Redles and Martha Leona Roberts, I came across an invitation to the White House addressed to them from President and Mrs. Coolidge!

Addressed to Lt. Col. and Mrs. William L. Redles at the

Hotel Roosevelt where they lived when they were in Washington, D.C.

The President and Mrs. Coolidge

request the pleasure of the company of

Col. and Mrs. Redles

at a reception to be held at

The White House

Thursday evening February the sixteenth

nineteen hundred and twenty-eight

at nine o'clock

Strictly Not Transferable

Col & Mrs W L Redles

will please present this card at the

East Entrance

of The White House, Thursday evening

February 16, 1928

9:00 o'clock

The White House

Admit at East Gate

Not Transferable

February 16, 1928

Display on Wind Shield of Car

This was apparently for an Army Navy reception. I found a brief mention of it on the front page of the February 16, 1928, Indiana Evening Gazette on newspaperarchive.com. I wonder if my grandparents went to the reception? I asked my mom if her mother ever mentioned going to the White House, but she said no. Well, I still have a lot of letters to read through to piece their story together. Maybe I'll find out the answer to my question.

Catherine