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.

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.

On the C-SPAN Networks: Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation has hosted 3 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2023 Forum. Most appearances with Matthew Denhart (4 ...