All posts tagged "plymouth notch"
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22.7K4New England PlacesSix Presidential Houses in New England
Before presidential libraries, there were presidential houses, and every New England state has at least one. Massachusetts, of course, was the birthplace...
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43.9K2Connecticut6 Places That Became a Summer White House
The summer White House has featured in presidential life since John Adams returned to Quincy, Mass., to get away from the muggy...
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37.5K1Politics and MilitaryThe Peculiar and Biting Calvin Coolidge Wit
The Calvin Coolidge wit was once described as ‘sharp and cold as a frost-etching on a windowpane.’ His humor completed his image...
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7.7K2Flashback PhotosFlashback Photo: Calvin Coolidge Praises the Boy Scouts
Calvin Coolidge was a great admirer of the Boy Scouts of America, though they hadn’t even existed when he was a boy...
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13.7K16Politics and MilitaryCalvin Coolidge Takes the Oath of Office by the Light of a Kerosene Lamp
Calvin Coolidge, vice president of the United States, was vacationing with his wife at his family’s homestead in Plymouth Notch, Vt., on...
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9.0K10Politics and MilitaryGregarious Grace Coolidge, Who Filled in the Silences
Grace Coolidge burst out laughing when she glanced through a boardinghouse window and spotted her future husband shaving in long underwear and...
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