When Irving Middle School opened its doors in 1925, Calvin Coolidge was president, and “The Great Gatsby” was hot off the ...

What do you know about our nation’s 30th president? Pay a visit to Plymouth Notch, Vermont, home to one of the best-preserved ...

There was a commander-in-chief who believed in such a model for government. His name was Calvin Coolidge. In many ways Coolidge didn’t seem like a man who would one day become president. He gained the ...

The president adopted the hat and boots as his local costume. While Grace Coolidge knit on the porch of the Game Lodge, Calvin spent some time trout fishing. He was spectacularly successful at the ...

In 1923, Vice President Calvin Coolidge was sworn in after President William G. Harding died in office. Coolidge inherited many of Harding’s scandals, which he was able to handle with considerable ...

Calvin Coolidge was not a forceful leader in matters of foreign affairs and often deferred to his secretary of state. His administration did, however, seek to improve the strained relations that ...

Americans of 1925 are prone to think of Calvin Coolidge as unique among presidents for his taciturnity. That such is far from the case, however, is clear from an account of half a century ago in ...