December 4, 2008 — Calvin Coolidge’s first address broadcast to the public on the radio was an address to Congress on December 6, 1923. Here is a New York Times article about the public reaction to hearing the President speak.
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Calvin Coolidge on Good Health
December 3, 2008 — As the winter progresses, try to keep warm, cozy up, and stay healthy. Remember Calvin Coolidge’s wise words on health: “Because illness makes us a liability to ourselves, our family and our community, we all have a personal obligation to keep well. To neglect the health is one of the most wasteful things a person…
Happy Thanksgiving
November 25, 2008 — “On this day, in home and church, in family and in public gatherings, the whole nation has for generations paid the tribute due from grateful hearts for blessings bestowed.” From Calvin Coolidge’s 1923 Thanksgiving Proclamation
Happy Thanksgiving
November 20, 2008 — Governor Calvin Coolidge along with wife Grace and sons Calvin and John raise the US and Massachusetts flags on the lawn of their Massasoit Street, Northampton, Mass. home on Thanksgiving Day, 1919.
Coolidge Museum video
October 27, 2008 — The Coolidge Museum is featured in the Springfield Republican newspaper’s Favorite Places! There was a story on the front page of the October 27 local section and there is a 3 1/2 minute video on the newspaper’s website, Mass Live.The video features an introduction to the museum and highlights from its collection. See http://videos.masslive.com/republican/2008/10/calvin_coolidge_presidential_l.html
Vote!
September 16, 2008 — Tuesday September 16 is primary day in Massachusetts.As you get out and vote, remember these words of Calvin Coolidge: “The Right to vote is the very essence of self-government. It is a privilege we are too prone to assume is self-existent, and therefore unimportant. It is the foundation of our liberties” From “Calvin Coolidge Says”…
George Bean auction listing Coolidge estate sale 1936
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Summer 1926
July 14, 2008 — The Summer White House in 1926 was located at White Pine Camp in New York’s Adirondack Mountains. Here Calvin, Grace and dogs enjoy a walk. Today White Pine is still a lakeside retreat and the President’s cabins are available for rent: https://www.whitepinecamp.com/
Happy Birthday Calvin!
July 2, 2008 — Happy 4th of July and Happy Birthday to Calvin Coolidge! Fishing was a favorite Birthday activity of Calvin Coolidge! While vacationing in the Black Hills, South Dakota area in 1927, Coolidge spent his 55th Birthday fishing (see photo at right). In his Autobiography, when describing how his family celebrated holidays, Coolidge related that “the Fourth…
Keep Cool-idge
June 10, 2008 — This sticker and slogan was used during the 1924 Presidential campaign. This artifact is a great representation for the heat wave sweeping most of the nation this week. Today in Northampton, MA it is 97 degrees with over 50% humidity (feels like 101). The Forbes Library’s AC is running beautifully so if you don’t have…
Summer Exhibit in Plymouth Notch
June 4, 2008 — Check out the Summer Exhibit at Plymouth Notch, Vermont!CCPLM has loaned a Northampton ballot box, 3 badges and 1 ticket from the 1924 convention and some reproduction photographs to this exhibit. Campaign Fever ’24! The 1924 presidential campaign is considered to be the first modern election; it is also one of the most unusual in…
Memorial Day Quote
May 22, 2008 — From “Calvin Coolidge Says” May 29, 1931 Decoration Day is our best solemn national holiday which ought to be observed with impressive ceremony. No lapse or diminution should be permitted in the yearly devotion which the people pay to the memory of those who have served in our armed forces.As the ranks of the Grand…
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