Manuscript/Mixed Material Coolidge Speech: Address . . . at the Dedication of the New Mexico Stone in the Washington Monument, December 2, 1927. From Hand Copies: Speeches of President Calvin Coolidge, Preserved by Everett Sanders. In the Everett Sanders Papers.
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Image 1 of Coolidge Speech: Address . . . at the Dedication of the New Mexico … ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT COOLIDGE AT THE DEDICATION OF THE NEW MEXICO STONE IN THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT WASHINGTON D C DECEMBER 2 1927 U S GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 41021
- Contributor: Coolidge, Calvin
- Date: 1927-12-02
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Image 2 of Coolidge Speech: Address . . . at the Dedication of the New Mexico … ADDRESS FELLOW CITIZENS The service we have gathered to perform this afternoon is of deep significance We are to dedicate the stone which New Mexico has embodied in this noble monument It…
- Contributor: Coolidge, Calvin
- Date: 1927-12-02
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Image 3 of Coolidge Speech: Address . . . at the Dedication of the New Mexico … 2 Nation he brought into being This massive pile will sooner crumble and pass away than the fame of him whose name it bears But its symbolism is very real Both its…
- Contributor: Coolidge, Calvin
- Date: 1927-12-02
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Image 4 of Coolidge Speech: Address . . . at the Dedication of the New Mexico … 3 mineral deposits Only one is now unrepre sented and steps have been taken to add that fortyeighth stone This is the fortyseventh State stone but in all 186 have been placed…
- Contributor: Coolidge, Calvin
- Date: 1927-12-02
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Image 5 of Coolidge Speech: Address . . . at the Dedication of the New Mexico … 4 1539 68 years before the founding of James town in Virginia and 81 years before the Mayflower reached Plymouth Rock Marcos de Niza a Franciscan friar pushed toward the north from…
- Contributor: Coolidge, Calvin
- Date: 1927-12-02
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Image 6 of Coolidge Speech: Address . . . at the Dedication of the New Mexico … 5 United States being outranked only by St Augustine in Florida In 1821 New Mexico which originally vaguely included all of what are now the States of Arizona and Utah nearly all…
- Contributor: Coolidge, Calvin
- Date: 1927-12-02
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Image 7 of Coolidge Speech: Address . . . at the Dedication of the New Mexico … 6 Too little is known of the beauties advan tages and possibilities of this Commonwealth It is an empire in itself ranking in size fourth of all the States having 123000 square…
- Contributor: Coolidge, Calvin
- Date: 1927-12-02
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Image 8 of Coolidge Speech: Address . . . at the Dedication of the New Mexico … 7 are almost wholly dependent on irrigation and the Government works of that character in cluding the big dam at Elephant Butte are said to be worth more than 12000000 a year…
- Contributor: Coolidge, Calvin
- Date: 1927-12-02
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Image 9 of Coolidge Speech: Address . . . at the Dedication of the New Mexico … 8 in the number but the value has gone up to 37000000 a gain of some 20 per cent In addition to the immensely valuable timber above ground there are rich mineral…
- Contributor: Coolidge, Calvin
- Date: 1927-12-02
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Image 10 of Coolidge Speech: Address . . . at the Dedication of the New Mexico … 9 Places and it has every right to be known as the Land of Sunshine Records show a yearly average of about 200 totally clear days and seldom are there more than…
- Contributor: Coolidge, Calvin
- Date: 1927-12-02
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Image 11 of Coolidge Speech: Address . . . at the Dedication of the New Mexico … 10 stone Crescit Eundo which being trans lated means It grows as it goes We have the anomaly of a State with a background of civilization older than that of any other…
- Contributor: Coolidge, Calvin
- Date: 1927-12-02
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Image 12 of Coolidge Speech: Address . . . at the Dedication of the New Mexico … 11 extent that each has consented to abide by that General Charter under which we exist We must guard zealously against sectional antagonisms The integrity of every State must be preserved and…
- Contributor: Coolidge, Calvin
- Date: 1927-12-02