NEWPORT — Newport Historical Society will present the Living History Performer, Tracy W. Messer, as Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President of the United States, in his first-person presentation, “Calvin Coolidge: The Monadnock Region as I’ve Known It.”
The program will be held from 6:30-8 p.m. on Tuesday, May 8, at the (handicapped-accessible) ballroom of the Richards Free Library, 58 North Main St., Newport. This free event is open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
Nearly 100 years ago, Coolidge passed through Newport and the Monadnock
region on the way from his birthplace in Plymouth Notch, Vt., to the summer White House in Swampscott, Mass..
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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