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General Lafayette again arrives in America. The Marquis de La Fayette, impersonated by John McGrath, kisses the hands of the flower children who greeted him as in colonial days when he arrived in Annapolis, Md., on his way to join Washington's forces at Yorktown. The scene was portrayed in Annapolis, Md., today to commemorate the Annapolis Convention of 1786 which was called to consider trade relations. President and Mrs. Coolidge witnessed the celebration

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John Calvin Coolidge Jr. (July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933) was the 30th President of the United States (1923–29). He was elected as the 29th vice president in 1920 and succeeded to the presidency upon the sudden death of Warren G. Harding in 1923. Born in Plymouth, Vermont, on July 4, 1872, Coolidge was the son of a village storekeeper. He was graduated from Amherst College with honors and started his political career as a councilman in Northampton, Massachusetts, and became Governor of Massachusetts, as a Republican. Elected in his own right in 1924, he gained a reputation as a small-government conservative, and also as a man who said very little, although having a rather dry sense of humor. Coolidge was a popular figure and restored public confidence in the White House after the scandals of his predecessor's administration. He left office with considerable popularity amid the material prosperity which many Americans were enjoying during the 1920s era. Coolidge was both the most negative and remote of Presidents, and the most accessible. He once explained to Bernard Baruch why he often sat silently through interviews: "Well, Baruch, many times I say only 'yes' or 'no' to people. Even that is too much. It winds them up for twenty minutes more."

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glass negatives lafayette america marquis fayette la fayette john mcgrath john mcgrath kisses hands flower children flower children annapolis way washington forces yorktown scene convention annapolis convention trade relations trade relations president coolidge celebration general female portrait 1920s women woman photograph maryland us presidents revolutionary war american revolution general washington revolutionary america 20s woman us naval academy us navy united states history gathering crowd 1920 s library of congress
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01/01/1928
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President Calvin Coolidge

John Calvin Coolidge was the 30th President of the United States (1923–29)
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glass negatives lafayette america marquis fayette la fayette john mcgrath john mcgrath kisses hands flower children flower children annapolis way washington forces yorktown scene convention annapolis convention trade relations trade relations president coolidge celebration general female portrait 1920s women woman photograph maryland us presidents revolutionary war american revolution general washington revolutionary america 20s woman us naval academy us navy united states history gathering crowd 1920 s library of congress