Title: At the Home of Daniel Webster Date: July 4, 1916 Location: Marshfield, MA Context: Coolidge delivers a speech on the promise of 1776 and the legacy of the Declaration of Independence. Furthermore, he recounts the progress of the nation in living up to the Jeffersonian ideals of its inception History is revelation. It is […]
Title: The Navy as an Instrument of Peace Date: June 3, 1925 Location: Annapolis, MD Context: The commencement address to the United States Naval Academy The poet reminds us that “Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.” It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short […]
Title: The Green Mountains Date: June 12, 1923 Location: Burlington, VT Context: 150th anniversary of the settlement of the city of Burlington We do not meet to-day so much to think new thoughts l as to rehearse old stories. Our purpose is not to survey new courses, but to relocate ancient landmarks. We review the […]
Title: The Price of Freedom Date: January 21, 1923 Location: Evanston, IL Context: The Evanston Sunday Afternoon Club was started during World War I. Four churches in the town gathered on Sundays for a patriotic service and continued after the war It is altogether natural that those who are connected with religious institutions should be […]