Tag Archive for "History" | Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation

The Meaning of Democracy

July 17, 2020

Title: The Meaning of Democracy Date: August 2, 1922 Location: Wellesley, MA Context: Coolidge ponders for the people the meaning, impact and purpose of democracy It is the common experience […]

Tags: Democracy, economy, History, Industry, Obedience, Service, the duty of obedience

Dedicating the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battle Fields Memorial

April 27, 2020

Title: Dedicating the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battle Fields Memorial Date: October 19, 1928 Location: Fredericksburg, VA Context: Dedicating the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial as the Coolidge presidency […]

Tags: Civil War, Constitutionalism, History, National Unity, Peace and Prosperity, Virginia

Address of President Coolidge before the National Grange Convention

April 14, 2020

Title: Address of President Coolidge before the National Grange Convention Date: November 16, 1928 Location: Washington, D.C. Context: To a convention in Washington D.C. for members of the National Grange, […]

Tags: Deflation, Economics, Farming, History, National Grange, Relief, Tariffs

A Prize Essay

April 7, 2020

Title: A Prize Essay Date: c.1895 Location: Amherst, MA Context: A prize-winning essay Coolidge wrote while attending Amherst College at age 22 When history looks beyond the immediate cause of the American Revolution for […]

Tags: American Revolution, Colonial America, Despotism, History, Puritans, Taxes

Massachusetts and the Nation

April 7, 2020

Title: Massachusetts and the Nation Date: February 2, 1923 Location: Washington, D.C. Context: A speech before the National Geographic Society on the history and good value of Massachusetts The place of Massachusetts in […]

Tags: American Revolution, Colonial America, History, Massachusetts, Mayflower, Puritans