Harding and American collective memory

Listening to the Harding tour, I was also struck by how much this man from Marion, in his all-too-short 2 1/2 years in office, shaped and played a part in American collective identity. By this I mean our perception of our past. What other presidents can say they dedicated Plymouth Rock (1921), the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (1921), and the Lincoln Memorial (1922)? To say nothing of the Simon Bolivar statue in NYC? In addition, it was Harding who ordered the Declaration of Independence be preserved and eventually put on display at the National Archives, after languishing in various unprotected rooms and vaults over the years.

How many of those tourists know Harding's role in three of DC's most popular sites? Harumph!