Tag Archive for "Liberty" | Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation

Flag Day Proclamation

October 14, 2021

Title: Flag Day Proclamation Date: June 1, 1920 Location: Boston, MA Context: Governor Coolidge proclaims Flag Day in Massachusetts in 1920. This was his second proclamation for Flag Day, the first was on May 26, 1919. He […]

Tags: civics, Civil Rights, flag day, Liberty, Public Order

Polish Day Proclamation

June 3, 2021

Purpose: A proclamation to revere and welcome our immigrant friends and their contribution to our country Date: January 17, 1919 (Original document available here) Out of the strife of Europe is […]

Tags: Despotism, hope, Liberty, oppression, Poland, redeemed, reunited, self-sacrificing, Spirit, strength, strife, Unity

Harvard Commencement Address

June 3, 2021

Title: Harvard Commencement Address Date: June 24, 1920 Location: Cambridge, MA Context: As Governor of Massachusetts, Coolidge delivers the commencement address at Harvard University (Original document available here) Mr. CHAIRMAN, Mr. PRESIDENT, […]

Tags: American Revolution, Co-operation, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Constitution, Constitution of Massachusetts, Daniel Webster, Duty, Education, Harvard, hope, industrialization, James Otis, Legislation, Liberty, Mayflower, Mission, Quality of Life, Right of the Individual, Sacrifice, Supremacy of the Law, Think, University

Calvin Coolidge Says, January 5, 1931

January 19, 2021

Date: January 5, 1931 Location: Northampton, MA (Original document available here) Another proposal to be made in the name of relieving unemployment will undoubtedly be an extension of government ownership. […]

Tags: Business, Government, Liberty, Unemployment, wages

Calvin Coolidge Says, June 20, 1931

January 7, 2021

Date: June 20, 1931 Location: Northampton, MA Summary: Calvin Coolidge argues for less government intervention within the labor market. (Original document available here) The centralization of power in Washington, which nearly all […]

Tags: labor, Liberty, Self-Government