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Display of Belgian Flag Proclamation

June 3, 2021

Title: Display of Belgian Flag Proclamation Date: October 1, 1919 Location: Boston, Massachusetts (Original document available here) The Commonwealth of Massachusetts By His Excellency Calvin Coolidge, Governor. A Proclamation. Whereas, The display of the flag or foreign emblem of a foreign country upon the outside of a State, county, city or town building or public schoolhouse is forbidden […]

Calvin Coolidge Says, April 16, 1931

December 15, 2020

Date: April 16, 1931 Location: Northampton, MA (Original document available here) The power and right of the people to choose their own form of government has just been exemplified in Spain. Almost as automatically as a prime minister resigns on the adverse vote of a parliament, the King of Spain has abdicated because an election […]

At the Home of Daniel Webster

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 of Independence. Furthermore, he recounts the progress of the nation in living up to the Jeffersonian ideals of its inception History is revelation. It is […]