Mayor and Governor Calvin Coolidge
A panel with former Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke and former New Hampshire Governor John Sununu discussed Calvin Coolidge during his time as mayor of Northampton and Governor of Massachusetts…
165 viewsA panel with former Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke and former New Hampshire Governor John Sununu discussed Calvin Coolidge during his time as mayor of Northampton and Governor of Massachusetts…
165 viewsCalvin Coolidge’s boyhood home in Plymouth Notch, Vermont, was the scene of a reenactment of the 30th president’s oath of office - to commemorate his 1923 ascension to the presidency. Then V…
152 viewsHow has the presidency changed in the first two decades of the 21st century -- under Presidents Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden? The Bipartisan Policy Center convened presidential scholars and …
387 viewsThe Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation and Library of Congress hosted a conference marking the centennial of the 30th president’s ascension to the White House. After President Warren Ha…
184 viewsHistorians Richard Norton Smith, Douglas Brinkley, Edna Greene Medford, and Amity Shlaes talked about the results of C-SPAN’s fourth Historians Survey of Presidential Leadership.
5,695 viewsDavid Bahnsen, founder and CIO of a private wealth management firm, argued that the U.S. free enterprise system is being threatened by socialists and progressives. This event was hosted by P…
594 viewsAmity Shlaes, author and chair of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation, talked about her recent Bloomberg opinion piece about the future of the Republican Party, arguing it should not…
1,075 viewsAmity Shlaes and Cyndy Bittinger talked about the life and influence of first lady Grace Coolidge and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included role as a st…
5,627 viewsAmity Shlaes discussed the impact of government programs during a virtual event hosted by The Heritage Foundation. Ms. Shlaes talked about the unintended consequences of government intervent…
214 viewsHarold Holzer and Amity Shlaes talked about C-SPAN’s latest book, The Presidents: Noted Historians Rank America’s Best - and Worst - Chief Executives. The program was recorded at the Roos…
2,164 viewsAmity Shlaes, an author, economic historian, and Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation chair, talked about the history of U.S. government responses to economic crises, including the Great …
2,317 viewsTwo economic advisers for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign took part in a forum on the economy. They focused on immigration, tax and housing policies, and the 2016 presidential election.…
702 viewsHistorians and former legislators talk about which president, Calvin Coolidge or Ronald Reagan, is the better model for contemporary Republican candidates. They spoke about the foreign polic…
1,412 viewsAmity Shlaes talked about her book, The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression, in which she examines the financial history of the Great Depression and critiques the New Deal. …
1,935 viewsPanelists talked about Presidents Franklin Pierce, Calvin Coolidge, Abraham Lincoln and John Kennedy, who all lost sons during their time in office. This panel was part of the event “When Li…
1,191 viewsPanelists, including financial editor James Grant and author Amity Shlaes, talked about the the decade following World War I. Throughout the 1920s, the U.S. stock market experienced a period…
1,665 viewsGeorge Nash, editor of The Crusade Years 1933-1955: Herbert Hoover’s Lost Memoir of the New Deal Era and Its Aftermath, talked about what is referred to as “the missing link” in the the Hoov…
1,294 viewsPanelists assessed the influence of Ronald Reagan’s “A Time for Choosing” speech on the Republican Party and Reagan’s political career. The speech, delivered October 27, 1964, on behalf of R…
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