January 21, 2021
Date: March 28, 1931 Location: Northampton, MA (Original document available here) Far out in the islands of the Pacific the soul of Brother Joseph Dutton has been released from the […]
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Date: June 4, 1931 Location: Northampton, MA (Original document available here) The pulpit and the commencement platform frequently assert that our governmental and economic system is on trial. The inference is […]
Read MoreDecember 15, 2020
Date: December 20, 1930 Location: Northampton, MA Summary: Coolidge writes in praise of the Pilgrims to mark the anniversary of their arrival at Plymouth Rock. He tells of how, even […]
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August 4, 2020
Title: At the Home of Daniel Webster Date: July 4, 1916 Location: Marshfield, MA Context: Coolidge delivers a speech on the promise of 1776 and the legacy of the Declaration […]
Read MoreTags: 1776, Abolitionism, Appomattox, Barbarians, Benjamin Franklin, Bunker Hill, Calvary, Christianity, Civil War, Colonies, Concord, Daniel Webster, Declaration of Independence, Democracy, Divine Providence, Divine Right, Education, England, freedom, George Washington, God, Greece, Hampden, History, James Otis, Lexington, Lowell, Monarchy, Moses, Patrick Henry, Revolution, Rome, Savages, Science, Slavery, Ten Commandments, Thomas Jefferson, Treaty of Paris
August 3, 2020
Title: Address of President Coolidge Before the Forty-Second International Convention of the Young Men’s Christian Associations of the United States and Canada Date: October 24, 1925 Location: Washington, D.C. Context: […]
Read MoreTags: Christianity, improvement, internationalism, Morality, Youth