The Best Presidential Writing: From 1789 to the Present by Craig Fehrman

Author:Craig Fehrman [Fehrman, Craig]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781476788586
Publisher: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Published: 2020-10-19T23:00:00+00:00

CALVIN COOLIDGE Address Welcoming Home Charles Lindbergh

(1927)

“It is the same story of valor and victory by a son of the people that shines through every page of American history”

Given the demands of the modern presidency, Coolidge had to rely on speechwriters in the White House, including Welliver, the Harding holdover. There were simply too many occasions and addresses—and too large an audience with the rise of radio. (Coolidge’s first State of the Union was the first to be broadcast over the air.) In this speech, which was also broadcast in 1927, Coolidge welcomes home Charles Lindbergh, fresh off his transatlantic flight, while praising another exciting technology: the airplane.

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