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Calvin Coolidge Says, June 4, 1931

January 12, 2021

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 […]

Tags: American institutions, Christianity, ignorance, Self-Government, Slavery

Calvin Coolidge Says, January 7, 1931

January 7, 2021

Date: January 7, 1931 Location: Northampton, MA (Original document available here) There will be general satisfaction that the note of our government sent to Liberia by Secretary Stimson has made us […]

Tags: foreign policy, Liberia, Slavery

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 […]

Tags: 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

The Place of Lincoln

April 24, 2014

Title: The Place of Lincoln Date: February 19, 1922 Location: Springfield, IL Context: Coolidge extols Abraham Lincoln for his example and greatness at the observance of Lincoln’s birthday (Original document available here) We […]

Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, greatness, Lincoln, power of freedom, Presidents Day, Slavery, truth