The gift of the rug received nationwide coverage.[6] Coolidge remarked in a letter to the Vice-President of Near East Relief, "The rug has a place of honor in the White House where it will be a daily symbol of goodwill on earth".[7][3] Coolidge displayed the rug in the White House's Blue Room. After his presidential term ended in 1929, the carpet was taken to his home in Northampton, Massachusetts.[4][3] The rug lay in the living room of his house until his death in 1933, after which Mrs. Coolidge kept the rug in her home in Northampton until her death in 1957. After a period in storage, the Coolidge family returned the rug to the White House in 1982, where it was placed in storage, not on public display.[3][4]