I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can’t be […]
Read MoreCoolidge Administration Accomplishments
April 8, 2014
Accomplishments
April 8, 2014
Activities & Accomplishments (January 3, 1879-July 8, 1957) by Cyndy Bittinger, Former Executive Director, CCMF Youth: Transferred to another church, at 16 years old. She transferred to a Congregational one from a […]
Read MorePresident Calvin Coolidge – Life and Legacy
April 8, 2014
Chronology of President 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 […]
Read MorePreserving the Coolidge Legacy
March 24, 2014
Why doesn’t Coolidge have a big national library like, say, President Bush, President Clinton, President Carter or President Truman? One reason Coolidge doesn’t have such a library is that the presidential library laws were different in his time. Another reason though was that Coolidge resisted large monuments. He simply didn’t believe in the “great man” theory of history.
Read MoreMarian Anderson at Coolidge’s Church
March 14, 2014
This photo of the great singer Marian Anderson was taken during World War II. Most of us associate Anderson’s performances in Washington with her most famous one, the 1939 appearance at the Lincoln Memorial. We recently stumbled across an article that reminded us that the iconic contralto had performed in Washington even before the 1930s.
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