Season 2, Episode 30-Calvin Coolidge and Northampton

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Heading to New England and the homes of Calvin Coolidge in Northampton, Massachusetts, and Plymouth, Vermont! Learn about Calvin’s political career; Vice Presidency and Presidency; his wife, Grace, and sons; and his homes!

Be sure to listen to Calvin Coolidge’s “Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 1, “Calvin Coolidge and Plymouth Notch” on his birthplace!

Also, be sure to listen to Calvin Coolidge’s “Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 3, “Calvin Coolidge’s Tomb” on his gravesite!

Calvin Coolidge’s first Northampton home from Lost New England.

Calvin Coolidge’s Library in Northampton.

“Calvin Coolidge Buys The Beeches” from The New York Times.

Calvin Coolidge Homestead from National Parks Service.

My doctoral dissertation on Franklin Roosevelt, the 1924 Democratic Party convention, and fallout: “A Party in Peril: Franklin Roosevelt, the Democratic Party, and the Circular Letter of 1924.”

From My July 2022 Visit!

My Visit to the Coolidge Homestead!

Calvin and Grace Coolidge with Harvey Firestone, Thomas Edison, and Henry Ford at the homestead.

White House third floor renovation.

Calvin Coolidge’s Home: 16 Hampton Terrace, Northampton, Massachusetts.

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Keep cool with Coolidge…but not too cool! A President renowned for his brevity, Calvin Coolidge, 30th President, masked great pain and real ambivalence about his office. Learn about the end of his administration, his brief retirement, his decline and death, and burial, along with his legacy! Check out the website at VisitingthePresidents.com for visual aids, links, past episodes, recommended reading, and other information!Episode Page: https://visitingthepresidents.com/2026/01/20/season-3-episode-30-calvin-coolidges-tomb/Season 1's Calvin Coolidge Episode: "Calvin Coolidge and Plymouth Notch" on his birthplace!Season 2's Calvin Coolidge Episode: "Calvin Coolidge and Northampton" on his homes!Support the show Also, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!

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