Calvin Coolidge
Date Submitted: 01/25/2003 19:52:28
Category: / Society & Culture / People
Length: 7 pages (1922 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / People
Length: 7 pages (1922 words)
On August 2, 1923, Calvin Coolidge was vacationing at his father's home at Plymouth,Vermont when one night he was awakened by the tragic news of Warren Harding's death. Harding ,who had been on a public speaking tour of the West, when his health began to deteriorate, tried poorly to alleviate the scandal that have been plaguing his presidency. Praying by candlelight, Coolidge descended the stairs to the plain living room of his father's house, lighted only …
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…Vermont A hero is not measured by his words, but by his actions. Calvin Coolidge was a man with very little words, but his ability to keep America inactive lead to a decrease of the national debt and taxes. Though history regarded him as the "do-nothing" president,that policy enabled an era of peace, stability, and security that rightfully earned him the
tile of hero as well deserving his era's name as the "Coolidge Prosperity".
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