Despite his farm upbringing, Coolidge fought farm relief legislation that might have saved American farms when the depression followed the stock market crash in 1929. Still Calvin Coolidge, a man with ...

What do you know about our nation’s 30th president? Pay a visit to Plymouth Notch, Vermont, home to one of the best-preserved presidential birthplaces in America, to find out. This tiny village, ...

Aug. 3 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain, seeking a western route to India, with a convoy of three small ships -- the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa ...

PLYMOUTH NOTCH Plymouth Old Home Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today at the President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site. The day will feature "The Tale Singer" author Bernard Fleury in a ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Vermont's State Historic Sites are opening on Friday, May 24, for the 2024 season, according to a news release. "The Vermont State Historic Sites present history where it happened and provide exciting ...

Calvin Coolidge was in bed, asleep, when he became president of the United States 100 years ago next week. He was visiting the simple homestead where he had been reared in Plymouth Notch, Vermont: a ...

PLYMOUTH NOTCH The birth of an American president and the death of his beloved younger son were observed Friday during the annual solemn Fourth of July celebration in this mountain hamlet. The power ...

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 ...