Calvin Coolidge was probably one of the best U.S. presidents in the 20th century and beyond!
"It was on August 2, 1923 when word came to Vice President Calvin Coolidge that President Warren Harding had suddenly passed away. Coolidge, at home in Plymouth Notch, personally got the news when his father woke him in the middle of the night. It was also Coolidge’s father, Colonel John Coolidge, who administered the Oath of Office in the family’s sitting room at 2:47 AM on August 3. This kerosene-lit inauguration, unique in American history, remains emblematic of the common-sense values that guided Coolidge as America’s thirtieth president.
The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation invites you to celebrate this special moment in America’s history at a series of events to be held August 2-5, 2023 in Plymouth Notch. ..."
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