Throughout his life, Coolidge referenced his boyhood in Vermont as the idyllic foundation for a work ethic that carried him through his life. "There are two things necessary for the enrichment of life ...

On August 2, 1923, President Warren Harding suddenly died. Vice President Calvin Coolidge took the presidential oath of office, administered by his father, a justice of the peace. Myth has it that ...

The first time Calvin Coolidge met Gutzon Borglum, the president agreed to the artist's scheme to mint commemorative coins. With the coins, Borglum hoped to raise funds to carve a mountain into ...

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – It was 100 years ago today that the only president from western Massachusetts was sworn into office. In the early morning hours of August 3, 1923, Calvin Coolidge was sworn ...

This year, the “threes” have it. 1923. The year Yankee Stadium opened. The year of the legendary Jack Dempsey-Luis Firpo fight took place. (There will be more of the latter in a coming issue.) In 1923 ...

A PURITAN IN BABYLON: The Story of Calvin Coolidge—William Allen White—Macmillan ($3.50). In spite of its subject—one of the most negative Presidents the U. S. ever had— orrl the fact that Country ...