80 years ago today - Feb 22, 1932

[Apostle George Albert Smith Journal] he delivers an address about the birth of George Washington at Springfield, Illinois, to the Patriotic Societies, sons of the American Revolution and Daughters of the American Revolution, about which he comments, "It seemed to me to be a cause of rejoicing that a member of the quorum of Twelve of the LDS Church should be asked to be the speaker on the 2 hundredth anniversary of the birth of our first President. And a member of the Smith family too to be so favored."

[Source: Journals of George Albert Smith]