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Westfield

April 24, 2014

Title: Westfield Date: September 3, 1919 Location: Westfield, MA Context: In September 1919, Governor Coolidge confronted the greatest challenge of his career, the violent Boston Police strike. Just days before […]

Tags: Constitution, hard work, honor, Patriotic Institutions, Purpose

Plymouth, Labor Day

April 24, 2014

Title: Plymouth, Labor Day Date: September 1, 1919 Location: Plymouth, MA Context: As the Governor of Massachusetts, Coolidge delivers a Labor Day address that highlights the interdependence between “the property class and the […]

Tags: Duty, Economic Prosperity, Economics, Industry and Business, Labor Day, Labor Relations, laziness, work

Speeches as Governor of Mass. (1919-1920)

April 24, 2014

Labor Day, Plymouth, Massachusetts September 1, 1919 Labor Day is more entitled than any other to be called a national holiday. Other holidays had their origin in state legislative action. […]

Harvard University Commencement

April 24, 2014

Title: Harvard University Commencement Date: June 19, 1919 Location: Cambridge, MA Context: Coolidge gives a commencement address at Harvard University reminding them of the purpose of their establishment “to be a […]

Tags: American cause, American Revolution, commencement, Constitution, Constitution of Massachusetts, Declaration of Rights, Education, Harvard, Harvard University, James Bowdoin, Massachusetts, School, teachers, Teaching

Amherst College Commencement

April 24, 2014

Title: Amherst College Commencement Date: June 18, 1919 Location: Amherst, MA Context: Coolidge shares memories and sentiments at a commencement address at Amherst (Original document available here) To the son of any […]

Tags: Amherst College, civilization, classical, commencement, Duty, Education, ideals, Knowledge, learning