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The Foundation of Our Institutions

August 4, 2020

Title: The Foundation of Our Institutions Date: April 13, 1923 Location: Albany, NY Context: The speech was given before a state convention of the Young Men’s Christian Association. It speaks […]

Tags: Devotion, Education, foundation, Knowledge, moral, principles, Religion, rights, Security, spiritual power

Bunker Hill Day

April 24, 2014

Title: Bunker Hill Day Date: June 17, 1918 Location: Roxbury, MA Context: A speech on reverence and patriotism throughout our foreign affairs given at Roxbury Historical Society (Original document available here) Reverence […]

Tags: Barbarism, Bunker Hill, civilization, Divine Law, Equality, freedom, George Washington, God, Heroes, History, Law of the Jungle, Liberty, military, Morality, patriot, patriotism, preparedness, Privilege, Prussia, Renaissance, Revolutionary War, rights, Sacrifice, Super-man, Tyranny, War, World War I

Andrew Carnegie: Organizer for Service

April 24, 2014

Title: Andrew Carnegie: Organizer for Service Date: April 28, 1921 Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Context: Address at the Founders’ Day Celebration of Carnegie Institute, Coolidge praises the accomplishments and morality of Carnegie (Original document […]

Tags: America, American, Andrew Carnegie, Character, civilization, Education, Forces of Nature, Government, greatness, hard work, honor, humble, ideals, individualism, Morality, natural resources, Organization, philanthropy, Pittsburgh, Privilege, Rags to Riches, rights, Science, Scottish, Self-Responsibility, Steam Engine, Steel, Welfare

Vice Presidential Inaugural Address

April 24, 2014

Title: Vice Presidential Inaugural Address Date: March 4, 1921 Location: Washington, D.C. Context: This speech takes place at the swearing-in of Calvin Coolidge as Vice President at U.S. Senate Chamber Five generations ago there […]

Tags: civics, Congress, Constitution, Inauguration, Liberty, rights, Senate