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More Than Two Words About Calvin Coolidge” Slated for March 26

More Than Two Words About Calvin Coolidge” Slated for March 26

A program on “More Than Two Words About Calvin Coolidge” will be presented by the Antiques Club of the Finger Lakes on Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 2:00 pm at the Geneva History Museum, 543 S. Main Street, Geneva The meeting is free and open to the public. Masks will be required in consideration of any vulnerable attendees. The meeting is presented in cooperation with Historic Geneva. The speaker will be John Creamer, who has a special interest in lesser known aspects of American history. Calvin Coolidge was the 30th President, serving from 1923 to 1929. As Vice President, he succeeded to the presidency upon the sudden death of President Warren Harding. He was then elected to one term and chose not to run again. John Creamer noted, “Some people think they know about Calvin Coolidge – that he never spoke, except to say 'You lose' and 'I do not choose'; that he was rather parsimonious; and that he presided over the Roaring Twenties.“ “All that is true, sort of. But there’s more. Coolidge’s life was filled with triumph, tragedy, and more talk than most of us know. But I’ve already said more than he would have preferred. You’ll have to come to the program to hear the rest.” Creamer is a retired public reference librarian and occasionally successful watch repairer. Many years ago a teacher tried to steer him away from some arcane bit of history with the admonition that ‘nothing happened then; no one cares about that.' Ever since then he has happily investigated people, events, and things that no one else cares about. “It hasn’t made me rich,” Creamer says, “but it has kept me interested. Note to teachers: be careful what you say to students; sometimes they’re paying attention.“

Geneva History Museum
Free
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM on Sat, 26 Mar 2022

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Antiques Club of the Finger Lakes
315-789-4915
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Geneva History Museum
543 S. Main Street
Geneva, New York 14456
315-781-5151
info@historicgeneva.org