Just weeks after Calvin Jr. died, Coolidge spent 12 days in Plymouth Notch. With him came his staff and 18 Secret Service agents. Telephone and telegraph wires had to be strung to the village.

In the summer of 1927, Coolidge and his wife attended a little white box of a church in Hermosa, S.D., that resembled the church back home in his boyhood Vermont.

But rather than dooming the rascally little critter to his Thanksgiving table, President Calvin Coolidge opened his home; Rebecca was spared, and the Coolidges had an unorthodox new pet.

Calvin Coolidge's boyhood home in Plymouth Notch, Vermont, was the scene of a reenactment of the 30th president's oath of office - to commemorate his 1923 ascension to the presidency. Then Vice ...

Wickedpedia Why did Calvin Coolidge pardon a raccoon for Thanksgiving — and keep it as a pet? “Coolidge Has Raccoon; Probably Won’t Eat It,” one contemporary Boston Herald headline blared.

August marks Calvin Coolidge's centennial of becoming our 30th president. We could learn much during these troubled times from Coolidge's tenure in the White House.

John Calvin Coolidge came into the world there on July 4, 1872, the only president born on Independence Day. He was part of the fifth generation of Coolidges to live in Plymouth Notch.

President Coolidge ran the country from 1923 to 1929. During that time he reduced government spending, cut taxes, and left the budget deficit a fraction of when he started. How can we do that in ...