October 11, 2023
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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by Paul D. Houle Erwin Geisser coordinated one of the most remarkable political events in American history: the August 3, 1923, inauguration of Calvin Coolidge as president of the United States. […]
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by Paul D. Houle Joseph Fountain, the twenty-four-year-old editor of the Springfield Reporter, scooped every reporter in Vermont—indeed, in the world—with his account of the presidential inauguration of Calvin Coolidge. […]
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