Date: June 20, 1931 Location: Northampton, MA Summary: Calvin Coolidge argues for less government intervention within the labor market. (Original document available here) The centralization of power in Washington, which nearly all members of Congress deplore in their speech and then support by their votes, steadily increases. The latest report is that the Federal Employment Service will […]
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Date: July 14, 1930 Location: Northampton, MA Summary: Calvin Coolidge celebrates the anniversary of the granting of the first charter to the Massachusetts Bay Colony and reflects on its historical significance. (Original document available here) In Massachusetts we are celebrating the 300th anniversary of the granting of the first charter to the old Bay Colony. That event […]
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Title: The Purpose of America Date: February 22, 1922 Location: Baltimore, MD Context: Coolidge extols the history and purpose of the nation and the role it plays in the world at large This is a day which Destiny has dedicated to a larger freedom. It takes us back to the early eighteenth century. That period […]
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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 […]
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Title: José de San Martin, Latin-American Liberator Date: October 28, 1925 Location: Washington, D.C. Context: At the dedication of a monument to General José de San Martin given by Argentina to the United States Great men belong to humanity. They are the incarnation of the truth. Although they are almost always developed by local circumstances, […]
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