Tag Archive for "Greece" | Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation

Calvin Coolidge Says, September 26, 1930

February 8, 2021

Date: September 26, 1930 Location: Northampton, MA (Original document available here) The Greek people are celebrating the completion of a century of independence. One hundred years ago they were relieved of Asiatic domination and enabled to resume their rightful place as a European nation. The interest of the United States in their struggle for freedom […]

Press Conference, May 18, 1926

August 13, 2020

Date: May 18, 1926 Location: Washington, D.C. (Original document available here) It is my understanding that Senator Smoot who is the Senate Chairman of the Committee having in charge the hearings on the French debt settlement, and who is also a member of the Commission, and Representative Green, Chairman of the House Committee having in […]

At the Home of Daniel Webster

August 4, 2020

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 […]