William Pettinger Archive | Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation

Tige, the Presidential Cat, Goes Missing in A Snowstorm: Radio Comes to The Rescue.

February 25, 2022

By Jerry Wallace The Coolidges were both pet lovers. The President was particularly fond of cats, while the First Lady was partial to dogs. A pair of kittens arrived at […]

The President’s Son and the Railroad

November 24, 2021

By John Ferrell If historians were asked to list similarities between Robert Todd Lincoln and John Coolidge, they would quickly answer that both were sons of presidents from humble beginnings. […]

The President and the Railroads

November 24, 2021

By John Ferrell As president, Calvin Coolidge staunchly supported limited government and fostered efforts to reduce its size. The government, in Coolidge’s eyes, had “never shown much aptitude for real […]

The Burial of America’s Unknown Soldier of the Great War at Arlington National Cemetery, November 11th, 1921, with Thousands Participating in Two Distant Cities as if They were There.

November 9, 2021

By Jerry L. Wallace President Warren G. Harding speaking at the burial of the Unknown Soldier. On the platform with him are Mrs. Harding and Vice President and Mrs. Calvin […]

Lindbergh: Welcoming Home Speech, Washington Monument

September 9, 2021

Title: Lindbergh: Welcoming Home Speech, Washington Monument Date: June 11, 1927 Location: Washington, D.C. Context: Coolidge congratulates Lindbergh on his successful return to the United States (Original document available here) My Fellow Countrymen: […]