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1. Paving the Way for "The Greatest Generation": America Before Tom Brokaw's Moving Story 2. Calvin Coolidge: Man of Great Generation 3. Calvin Coolidge: The Man and his Character 4. Calvin Coolidge: The "Village" that Raised Him 5. "Silent Cal": His Idealism 6. Calvin Coolidge's Exaltation of Thrift and Hard Work 7. Coolidge, Culture, and The Great Generation 8. Calvin Coolidge: The Focal Points of his Value System 9. Calvin Coolidge: Is His Value System Relevant in the 21st Century? 10. Anti-Terrorist Campaigns, U.S.A., 1900-02, 1905-07 Paving the Way for "The Greatest Generation": America Before Tom Brokaw's Moving Story By Dr. Bernard J. Fleury Summary: The Great Generation paved the way for Tom Brokaw’s Greatest Generation as seen in the experience of an American soldier, Frank King, career army man and cited hero, who fought in the first documented anti-terrorist campaigns in the Philippines and in the famous battles of World War I. Click here to read complete article Calvin Coolidge: Man of Great Generation By Dr. Bernard J. Fleury Summary: The heroes of the Greatest Generation were made well known to us through Tom Brokaw’s best selling book. These were the children of the Great Generation who lived and shaped our nation from the 1870’s to the 1950’s. They were the principal players in the Spanish American War, The Philippine Insurrection, World War I, The Roaring Twenties, Prohibition, and the Great Depression of the 1930’s Click here to read complete article. Calvin Coolidge: The Man and his Character By Dr. Bernard J. Fleury Summary: C. Coolidge’s idea of character, spiritual development over material development & moral power over intellectual power mark him as a man of the Great Generation-a character descended from his father John C. Coolidge & grandfather Calvin G. Coolidge. Click here to read complete article Calvin Coolidge: The "Village" that Raised Him By Dr. Bernard J. Fleury Summary: Calvin Coolidge’s grandfather, Calvin Galusha Coolidge, felt so strongly that tilling the soil was “the only real, respectable way to get a living” (15), and hoping to keep Calvin from going into trade as his father John had, deeded “forty acres, called the Lime Kiln lot…. With the rest (of the farm) to my lineal descendants, thinking that as I could not sell it, and my creditors could not get it, it would be necessary for me to cultivate it.” Click here to read complete article "Silent Cal": His Idealism By Dr. Bernard J. Fleury Summary: “Silent” Calvin Coolidge’s idealism is grounded in the Judaeo Christian Ethic embodied in the Declaration of Independence: Creator given inalienable rights, self- directed people, The Beatitudes & The Sermon on the Mount. Click here to read complete article Calvin Coolidge's Exaltation of Thrift and Hard Work By Dr. Bernard J. Fleury Summary: Thrift and hard work were very much a part of the Puritan Ethic that framed Calvin’s growing up years and became part of who he was as an adult. Although his family was economically upper middle class and “Whatever was needed never failed to be provided,”1 nothing was wasted that could be used “Waste not, Want not!" The ideal was the self-sufficient small farm that Calvin’s father operated after spending thirteen years as a successful storekeeper at Plymouth Notch, Vermont. Click here to read complete article Coolidge, Culture, and The Great Generation By Dr. Bernard J. Fleury Summary: Coolidge who was stereotyped as a complacent, humorless, reactionary man has been revised to a whole new image. His concept of character is focused on industry, ambition, equality & untiring effort. This is the real Calvin Coolidge. Click here to read complete article Calvin Coolidge: The Focal Points of his Value System By Dr. Bernard J. Fleury Summary: On the 10 Reasons Why Coolidge and Dawes Should Have Your Support card used in Coolidge and Dawes’ 1924 Election campaign, seven of the ten reasons for supporting Coolidge for President speak directly of how his character that had and would directly affect his performance in public office. Click here to read complete article Calvin Coolidge: Is His Value System Relevant in the 21st Century? By Dr. Bernard J. Fleury Summary: Let’s take a look at Calvin’s own words regarding the ethics class portion of Charles E. Garman’s four semester Philosophy course which all Amherst students were required to take in Coolidge’s day. Click here to read complete article Anti-Terrorist Campaigns, U.S.A., 1900-02, 1905-07 By Dr. Bernard J. Fleury Summary: Frank King fought the first two documented American Anti-terrorist campaigns in the Philip. Insur. as part of Company G Eighth Infantry to capture an insurrectionist Aguinaldo, & F. Ablen, fanatical leader of the Pulajanes, violent terrorists. Click here to read complete article
1. Paving the Way for "The Greatest Generation": America Before Tom Brokaw's Moving Story
2. Calvin Coolidge: Man of Great Generation
3. Calvin Coolidge: The Man and his Character
4. Calvin Coolidge: The "Village" that Raised Him
5. "Silent Cal": His Idealism
6. Calvin Coolidge's Exaltation of Thrift and Hard Work
7. Coolidge, Culture, and The Great Generation
8. Calvin Coolidge: The Focal Points of his Value System
9. Calvin Coolidge: Is His Value System Relevant in the 21st Century?
10. Anti-Terrorist Campaigns, U.S.A., 1900-02, 1905-07
Paving the Way for "The Greatest Generation": America Before Tom Brokaw's Moving Story By Dr. Bernard J. Fleury Summary: The Great Generation paved the way for Tom Brokaw’s Greatest Generation as seen in the experience of an American soldier, Frank King, career army man and cited hero, who fought in the first documented anti-terrorist campaigns in the Philippines and in the famous battles of World War I. Click here to read complete article
Calvin Coolidge: Man of Great Generation By Dr. Bernard J. Fleury Summary: The heroes of the Greatest Generation were made well known to us through Tom Brokaw’s best selling book. These were the children of the Great Generation who lived and shaped our nation from the 1870’s to the 1950’s. They were the principal players in the Spanish American War, The Philippine Insurrection, World War I, The Roaring Twenties, Prohibition, and the Great Depression of the 1930’s Click here to read complete article.
Calvin Coolidge: The Man and his Character By Dr. Bernard J. Fleury Summary: C. Coolidge’s idea of character, spiritual development over material development & moral power over intellectual power mark him as a man of the Great Generation-a character descended from his father John C. Coolidge & grandfather Calvin G. Coolidge. Click here to read complete article
Calvin Coolidge: The "Village" that Raised Him By Dr. Bernard J. Fleury Summary: Calvin Coolidge’s grandfather, Calvin Galusha Coolidge, felt so strongly that tilling the soil was “the only real, respectable way to get a living” (15), and hoping to keep Calvin from going into trade as his father John had, deeded “forty acres, called the Lime Kiln lot…. With the rest (of the farm) to my lineal descendants, thinking that as I could not sell it, and my creditors could not get it, it would be necessary for me to cultivate it.” Click here to read complete article
"Silent Cal": His Idealism By Dr. Bernard J. Fleury Summary: “Silent” Calvin Coolidge’s idealism is grounded in the Judaeo Christian Ethic embodied in the Declaration of Independence: Creator given inalienable rights, self- directed people, The Beatitudes & The Sermon on the Mount. Click here to read complete article
Calvin Coolidge's Exaltation of Thrift and Hard Work By Dr. Bernard J. Fleury Summary: Thrift and hard work were very much a part of the Puritan Ethic that framed Calvin’s growing up years and became part of who he was as an adult. Although his family was economically upper middle class and “Whatever was needed never failed to be provided,”1 nothing was wasted that could be used “Waste not, Want not!" The ideal was the self-sufficient small farm that Calvin’s father operated after spending thirteen years as a successful storekeeper at Plymouth Notch, Vermont. Click here to read complete article
Coolidge, Culture, and The Great Generation By Dr. Bernard J. Fleury Summary: Coolidge who was stereotyped as a complacent, humorless, reactionary man has been revised to a whole new image. His concept of character is focused on industry, ambition, equality & untiring effort. This is the real Calvin Coolidge. Click here to read complete article
Calvin Coolidge: The Focal Points of his Value System By Dr. Bernard J. Fleury Summary: On the 10 Reasons Why Coolidge and Dawes Should Have Your Support card used in Coolidge and Dawes’ 1924 Election campaign, seven of the ten reasons for supporting Coolidge for President speak directly of how his character that had and would directly affect his performance in public office. Click here to read complete article
Calvin Coolidge: Is His Value System Relevant in the 21st Century? By Dr. Bernard J. Fleury Summary: Let’s take a look at Calvin’s own words regarding the ethics class portion of Charles E. Garman’s four semester Philosophy course which all Amherst students were required to take in Coolidge’s day. Click here to read complete article
Anti-Terrorist Campaigns, U.S.A., 1900-02, 1905-07 By Dr. Bernard J. Fleury Summary: Frank King fought the first two documented American Anti-terrorist campaigns in the Philip. Insur. as part of Company G Eighth Infantry to capture an insurrectionist Aguinaldo, & F. Ablen, fanatical leader of the Pulajanes, violent terrorists. Click here to read complete article
