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NEWPORT — The Newport Historical Society will be presenting living history with performer Tracy W. Messer as Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of the United States, in the first-person program “Calvin Coolidge: The Monadnock Region as I’ve Known It” on May 8.
Admission is free. The program will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the ballroom of the Richards Free Library, 58 N. Main St. Light refreshments will be served.
Nearly 100 years ago, President Coolidge passed through Newport and the Monadnock region on the way from his birthplace in Plymouth Notch, Vermont, to the summer White House in Swampscott, Massachusetts. Portraying “Silent Cal,” famous for his blend of Yankee wit and wisdom, Messer will share some fascinating stories about Coolidge’s classmates, relatives and road trips in the area. Coolidge had surprising connections to many towns in southwestern New Hampshire.
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