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• While he didn’t have much to say, this guy knew how to party. Twice a day, Silent Cal hopped on a mechanical horse, galloping in place for exercise.
• When news of Coolidge’s 1933 death reached writer Dorothy Parker, she replied, “How can they tell?” Years earlier, when Cal was VP, Parker sat beside him at a dinner party. “Mr. Vice-President,” she said, “I have a bet with friends that I can get you to say at least three words tonight.”
“You lose.”
• Upon the death of President Warren Harding, VP Coolidge – pictured here with Helen Keller – was administered the oath of office by his father, a notary public.
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I had never thought of Calvin Coolidge much and then one day a few years ago I visited his restored homestead in Vermont. Wow. It is worth the trip. The entire little town is just the way it was when he lived there. It’s like stepping into the past.
posted by Rhea on 2-14-2007 at 7:09 pm