Tag Archive for "Foreign Affairs" | Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation

Calvin Coolidge Says, June 27, 1931

January 12, 2021

Date: June 27, 1931 Location: Northampton, MA Summary: Calvin Coolidge describes the negative effects of requiring other governments to pay hefty reparations and the need for world peace. (Original document available here) Whatever else may be involved, two lessons seem obvious from the present condition of ourselves and the rest of the world. The immediate crisis […]

Press Conference, November 13, 1923

May 5, 2020

Date: November 13, 1923 Location: Washington, D.C. (Original document available here) The class doesn’t seem to be so inquisitive this morning as it sometimes is. There isn’t a very large crop of questions. I hope that doesn’t indicate that anybody is disappointed at not getting a reply always. I think I almost always cover in […]

First Annual Message to the Congress

April 21, 2014

Title: First Annual Message to the Congress Date: December 6, 1923 Location: Washington, D.C. Context: Coming four months after his succession to the U.S. presidency following President Warren Harding’s death in office, President Coolidge’s first address to the U.S. Congress demonstrates his ability to address a wide range of topics of national importance. Members of […]