April 24, 2014
Purpose: To announce calling out the State Guard and any police officers not on strike to deal with the Boston Police Strike Date: September 11, 1919 The entire State Guard […]
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April 24, 2014
Title: An Order Date: September 11, 1919 Location: Boston, MA Context: Coolidge writes to Edwin U. Curtis, who was Police Commissioner of Boston at the time, in response to the Boston Police Strike (Original […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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