Vermont's State Historic Sites are opening on Friday, May 24, for the 2024 season, according to a news release. "The Vermont State Historic Sites present history where it happened and provide exciting ...
PLYMOUTH NOTCH, Vt. — On Aug. 2, 1923, President Warren Harding unexpectedly fell ill and died while visiting San Francisco. Five hours later, America had a new president: Calvin Coolidge, a man ...
If Americans know anything at all about Calvin Coolidge, U.S. president No. 30, they know he had a pet raccoon. The Coolidge White House (1923-1929) has not been enshrined in high school curricula. It ...
The first time Calvin Coolidge met Gutzon Borglum, the president agreed to the artist's scheme to mint commemorative coins. With the coins, Borglum hoped to raise funds to carve a mountain into ...
The White House seems to be mining the Coolidge era for inspiration. But America is not the country it was in 1924. By Jia Lynn Yang Hearing echoes of Independence Day a century ago, when Americans ...
The drafters of the Constitution hoped for energetic but accountable presidents. By Adam Liptak The White House seems to be mining the Coolidge era for inspiration. But America is not the country it ...