Color Guard leads the parade at the July 4, 2005 celebration at the President Calvin Coolidge Historic Site in Plymouth Notch, Vermont. photo by James Cummings
On July 4th, again this year, the President Calvin Coolidge Historic Site in Plymouth Notch, Vermont, will have a birthday celebration of remembrance for the only U.S. president who was born on the 4th of July. At noon, anyone who shows up can march with the National Guard to the President’s grave, in the nearby family cemetery, where there will be a wreath laid in honor of the former leader.
On the grounds of the Historic Site, there is a restaurant called the Wilder House. Each year, they sponsor a buffet, chicken barbeque. At 2 p.m., Elena Dodd will perform as Eleanor Roosevelt, the late President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s (FDR’s) wife. At 3:30 p.m., music will be provided by the Triada Music Festival.
The Historic Site has a gift shop, buildings that are decorated with period items, and a quaint old “General Store” where you can buy a Moxie and drink it on the porch, in a rocking chair. Life is good in Vermont, where the air is clean, the people are friendly, and the site, which retains its rural nature, known so well to President Coolidge, is retained.
The “Tumbling Blocks” quilt pictured above was made by a group of volunteers as a fundraising quilt for the President Calvin Coolidge Historic Site in 2005. Photo taken by James Cummings.
I am telling you about this a few weeks in advance so that you can plan to be there, if you are in the area. If you do not live in New England, well then, I’ve just told you about an annual event that we find to be very worthwhile.
We have a comprehensive article about a special textile exhibition held at this site.
Have a good weekend!
Pat Cummings
