By Jerry L. Wallace The clock in the U.S. House Chamber pointed to half past noon.[1] Congress had assembled for a joint session. Standing at the clerk’s desk in front […]
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November 29, 2023
November 29, 2023
By Jerry L. Wallace The clock in the U.S. House Chamber pointed to half past noon.[1] Congress had assembled for a joint session. Standing at the clerk’s desk in front […]
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By Jed Donahue image courtesy of Apple Studios It’s not often that Calvin Coolidge appears as a character in a Hollywood blockbuster. But that’s what he does—briefly—in Martin Scorsese’s new […]
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By John William Sullivan One of President Calvin Coolidge’s harshest critics—in private, at least—was Supreme Court justice Louis Brandeis. Both men had made their names in Massachusetts: Brandeis as […]
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By Marisol Balderas, Coolidge intern Among the most important lessons Calvin Coolidge took away from Professor Charles Garman was the importance of public service. Garman, who taught Coolidge […]
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Date: June 6, 1924 Location: Washington, District of Columbia It would not be easy to arrange an occasion more calculated to appeal strongly to thoughtful and serious-minded Americans than this […]
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