Matthew Denhart Archive | Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation

President Coolidge’s Economics Lesson

August 8, 2014

In a speech honoring the veterans who fought and fell at the Battle of Gettysburg, President Calvin Coolidge not only addressed the need for national security and protecting veterans, but he also stated that a strong economy was just as necessary as national defense in securing the nation. Coolidge stated that “the strength of this nation, however, is not expressed merely in terms of an Army and Navy.”[1] As Coolidge stated:

Colonel Charles Lindbergh: the Conqueror of the Air

August 4, 2014

Reeve Lindbergh spoke about her father, Charles Augustus Lindbergh, at the Coolidge Foundation on August 2nd, and she packed the Union Christian Church. Her father, “The Lone Eagle,” as he was popularly known, is the exception to Emerson’s rule that all heroes become bores. His name still retains its magic.

Chris Nunn

August 4, 2014

Chris Nunn is Chief Financial Officer of Security Bancorp of Tennessee, Inc., a multi-bank holding company located in Halls, Tennessee. He serves on the Board of Directors of the organization as […]

August 11: Naturalization at the Notch

August 4, 2014

“Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.” Calvin Coolidge President Calvin Coolidge understood the value of patriotism. Join […]

The Coolidges and the Hardings: Northeast Meets Midwest

July 18, 2014

Relations between presidents and vice-presidents are not always felicitous. That’s held for a long time—from John Adams and Thomas Jefferson through, at least, Bill Clinton and Al Gore. The case of Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge falls somewhere between Damon and Pythias and those less salutary cases.