By: John Ferrell Later this month Americans will celebrate Thanksgiving and recall the iconic vessel Mayflower, which in 1620 brought over the first English Pilgrims to the New World. But there […]
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Join us for President’s Day educational events and a lecture entitled “Mr. Coolidge Goes to Cuba” by Program and Editorial Associate Rushad L. Thomas.
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If you would like to sign-up to receive the latest editions of News from the Notch in your email inbox, you can find the sign-up form here. Newer Issues 10/21/2022 – […]
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President Calvin Coolidge was fortunate to preside over what was probably the most exciting, vital, and creative decade of the Twentieth Century — the Nineteen-Twenties. It was a decade of youth, symbolized by Lindbergh and the Flapper. It was a decade when modern America came alive. Cars filled the roads; radios, refrigerators, and electric washing machines appeared in the home; movies sparkled with “stars,” whose voices would soon be heard on the screen; and thanks to a general prosperity, there was money to spend not just on the necessities of life but on its pleasures as well. It could be rightly said that the American people had never had it so good.
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Chronology Pres. Calvin Coolidge 1872 July 4 John Calvin Coolidge is born in Plymouth Notch, Vermont. 1875 April 15 Calvin’s sister, Abigail Grace Coolidge (Abbie) is born. 1877 September Calvin […]
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