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Address before the International Aeronautics Conference

April 24, 2014

Title: Address before the International Aeronautics Conference Date: December 12, 1928 Location: Washington, D.C. Context: Addressing industry leaders in Washington, D.C. about the history, science, progress, achievements, and future of aeronautics in America […]

Tags: Air Mail, airplane, airplanes, Charles Lindberg, Civil Aeronautics, Dayton OH, dirigible balloon, Flight, gliders, hot-air balloon, human flight, indomitable perseverance, Kitty Hawk NC, military aircraft, passenger aircraft, rapid expansion, transportation, Wright brothers

Vermont is a State I Love

April 24, 2014

Title: Vermont is a State I Love Date: September 21, 1928 Location: Bennington, VT Context: On September 19, 1928, President Coolidge left Washington for Vermont to view the damage and reconstruction resulting from […]

Tags: 1927 flood, 1927 Vermont Flood, Childhood, flood, Liberty, Love, transportation, Vermont

Address at Gettysburg Battlefield

April 24, 2014

Title: Address at Gettysburg Battlefield Date: May 30, 1928 Location: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Context: Commemorating lives lost and paying tribute to the grand sacrifice made on the Gettysburg field. Calling for the effort of […]

Tags: Battlefield, Defending your country, Gettysburg Address, honor

Speech at Mount Rushmore

April 24, 2014

Title: Speech at Mount Rushmore Date: August 10, 1927 Location: Keystone, South Dakota Summary: This speech took place at the opening of the work on Rushmore Mountain in the Black Hills (Original document available […]

Tags: aspirations, characteristics, Constitution, economic freedom, expansion, George Washington, hand of the Almighty, hope, independence, institutions, Liberty, memorial, Mount Rushmore, political freedom, Presidents, Self-Government, South Dakota, Thomas Jefferson

Intervention in Nicaragua

April 24, 2014

Title: Intervention in Nicaragua Date: January 10, 1927 Location: Washington, D.C. Context: Coolidge informs Congress of more details of events happening regarding the proposed treaty with Nicaragua on constructing a canal While conditions […]

Tags: government intervention, Nicaragua, principle, proposed treaty with Nicaragua, Protection