His father Colonel John Coolidge owned the general store, served as postmaster and notary public and would buy the family farm when Calvin was four years old and his sister, Abigail was two. Calvin ...
Tucked away in the Green Mountains of southern Vermont is one of the best-preserved presidential birthplaces in America. Plymouth Notch is a tiny village that feels like a step back in time. Visit the ...
Calvin Coolidge was born in Plymouth Notch, Vermont, on July 4, 1872. Coolidge rose through the ranks of Massachusetts government as a Progressive Republican. Elected U.S. vice president in 1920, he ...
Ian Rowe was invited to give the keynote address at the Coolidge Foundation’s 2025 Winter Gala, held December 9 at the Union League Club in New York City, where he reflected on the legacy of Calvin ...
BRATTLEBORO — One hundred and two years ago, Vermont’s Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as the 30th President of the United States. Here’s how the Coolidge Foundation website describes the moment: “It was ...
PLYMOUTH NOTCH — Jenny Sayles Harville grew up knowing John Coolidge only as Grandpa, not the son of President Calvin Coolidge. The family historical mantle was light, she said Wednesday, amid a sea ...
“The Swearing In of Calvin Coolidge by His Father,” by Arthur Keller Credit: Courtesy of Library of Congress Hundreds of people are expected in Plymouth Notch next week for a four-day centennial ...
One of the defining moments of the Coolidge presidency — and the family's history — was the death of 16-year-old Calvin Jr. from blood poisoning after a summertime tennis game at the White House.
In March of 1885, the future 30th president of the United States, Calvin Coolidge, was twelve years old and living in Plymouth Notch, Vermont. He, his father and nine-year-old sister, Abigail, were ...