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At his "Summer White House" in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Coolidge gave Secretary to the President Everett Sanders a piece of paper that said, "I do not choose to run for president in nineteen twenty eight". Sanders endorsed Coolidge's declaration, and the announcement was scheduled for the 9 a.m. press conference on Tuesday August 2, 1927.
February 23 – Coolidge signs the Radio Act of 1927 into law, creating the Federal Radio Commission. February 25 – Coolidge signs the McFadden Act into law. [35] February 25 – Coolidge vetoes the McNary–Haugen Farm Relief Bill. [36] March 1 – Coolidge moves into the Patterson Mansion while the White House undergoes repairs. [37]
In 1923, he proposed that this monument should be built from the granite cliffs in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Senator Peter Norbeck of South Dakota approved the proposal, and federal funding helped the project. Robinson asked architect and sculptor Gutzon Borglum to sculpt and design the monument. Borglum decided to use Mount Rushmore for ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 February 2025. Mountain in South Dakota with sculptures of four U.S. presidents For the band, see Mount Rushmore (band). Mount Rushmore National Memorial Shrine of Democracy Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe Mount Rushmore features Gutzon Borglum's sculpted heads of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore ...
For nearly three months, the President took an extended summer vacation and governed from the state park in the Black Hills, before returning to the White House on September 11. [ 37 ] June 16, 1927 (Thursday)
A "Winter White House" is typically the name given to the winter vacation residence of the standing president of the United States aside from Camp David, the mountain-based military camp in Frederick County, Maryland, used as a country retreat and for high-alert protection of the president and his guests.
The White Cliffs estate is believed to be one of the last designed by the Herter Brothers, interior decorators who famously did work for the Vanderbilt family and the White House, according to the ...
John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum (March 25, 1867 – March 6, 1941) was an American sculptor best known for his work on Mount Rushmore.He is also associated with various other public works of art across the U.S., including Stone Mountain in Georgia, statues of Union General Philip Sheridan in Washington D.C. and in Chicago, as well as a bust of Abraham Lincoln exhibited in the White House by ...