President Harding at Red Cross meeting.
On this day in 1921 King George V summoned parliament while President Eamon de Valera summoned his cabinet, both to approve the Anglo-Irish Treaty securing independence for Ireland as a dominion within the British Commonwealth. Norther Ireland's Stormont was asked by its head, Sir James Craig, to delay action on the agreement.
A riot ensued in Chicago when police attempted arrest striking meatpackers. 360,000 people would become involved in the riot.
Farmers group meeting with President Harding at the White House.
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