Grace Coolidge attracted plenty of attention in the press of the 1920s, with most press accounts dealing with her dress in public appearances. "She always wore red," Bittinger said, noting that her ...

One hundred years ago this week, the nation's new first family was adjusting to life in the spotlight. That hot bulb was dimmer and more inclined to turn away than the strobe light that captures ...

If Americans know anything at all about Calvin Coolidge, U.S. president No. 30, they know he had a pet raccoon. The Coolidge White House (1923-1929) has not been enshrined in high school curricula. It ...

If descendants are fortunate, their parents, grandparents and others before them are tellers of tales. Jennifer Coolidge Sayles Harville, great-granddaughter of Grace and Calvin Coolidge, is more ...

Vice President Calvin and Grace Coolidge were visiting his father in Vermont when President Warren G. Harding died suddenly in San Francisco. That was Aug. 2, 1923. The old Coolidge homestead had ...