October 2, 2011 — Elections are the most serious business in which our citizens engage. On their results depends not only the welfare of the people but the demonstration of their ability to govern themselves with safety and justice to each other. The greatest peace-time test of the moral power of a people is the ability to cast a…
Category: Calvin Coolidge
Frank Ashford
September 20, 2011 — In 1927, President and Mrs. Coolidge had a busy summer in Rapid City, South Dakota, a part of the country unfamiliar to both of these Vermont natives. It was here that he received a Native-American warrior’s headdress now displayed at the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum (CCPLM). Coolidge was president in 1924 when citizenship…
Congratulations to Class of 2011!
May 16, 2011 — Congratulations to the Class of 2011! “This month will turn out into the world many thousands of young men and young women with college diplomas… They could not have been graduated without subjecting themselves to a great deal of severe mental discipline… One great of a college education is a better appreciation of the real…
Women’s Suffrage
August 26, 2010 — Today marks the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. Grace Coolidge cast her first vote in a Federal election on November 2, 1920 with her husband on the ballot for the Vice-President of the United States. In the photo above is Massachusetts Governor Calvin Coolidge and Grace voting in…
Happy Father’s Day!
June 20, 2010 — “I think only two or three fathers have seen their sons chosen to be President of the United States. I am sure I came to it largely by your bringing up and your example.” Letter to his father, John C. Coolidge, August 2, 1925
Happy Flag Day!
June 19, 2010 — “The stars and the red, white and blue colors have a significance of their own, but when combined and arranged into the flag of our nation they take on a new significance which no other form or color can convey… It represents our peace and security, our civil and political liberty, our freedom of religious…
Northampton Republican Committee
February 2, 2010 — The Coolidge Museum will host the next meeting of the Northampton Republican Committee on March 10, 2010 at 7pm. The Committee will be introducing their constituents to Republican Tom Wesley, who is running for Congress. For more information contact Coolidge@forbeslibrary.org.
VOTE!!
January 18, 2010 — January 19 is a special election in Massachusetts for the late Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat. The nation is watching Massachusetts as the race heats up and is expected to be very close. Citizens have been flooded with robo calls, emails and television commercials, all strage concepts to Calvin Coolidge. As you debate your vote and…
Memorial tribute to Coolidge by Henry P. Field
January 7, 2010 — Calvin Coolidge died at his home, “The Beeches” in Northampton on January 5, 1933. Upon Coolidge’s death, The Daily Hampshire Gazette published this tribute to Coolidge from Henry P. Field on January 7, 1933. Calvin Coolidge studied law in the Office of Hammond & Field 1895-1897. Henry P. Field, lawyer, Mayor of Northampton, Judge, Forbes…
Calvin Coolidge July 4, 1872-January 5, 1933
January 5, 2010 — John Calvin CoolidgeJuly 4, 1872-January 5, 1933 Calvin Coolidge died in his home, “The Beeches,” in Northampton on January 5, 1933 at the age of 60 of heart disease. Coolidge was at his office at 25 Main Street in the morning and returned home for lunch. He was found on the floor of his dressing…
Support for Libraries
December 1, 2009 — There is nothing cozier than curling up in your favorite blanket with a good book and a cup of hot chocolate. When the cold weather persuades you to stay indoors, make sure you have your tools at the ready. “…An individual may make progress without books, but the people as a whole are dependent on…
“Mr. President!”
November 26, 2009 — “You have to stand everyday three or four hours for visitors. Nine-tenths of them want something they ought not to have. If you keep dead-still they will run down in three or four minutes. If you even cough or smile they will start up all over again.” Advice to President-elect Herbert Hoober in 1929; The…
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