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100 Years Ago at the White House – Grace Coolidge Entertains Her Pi Beta Phi Sisters

On April 11, 1924, one of the most unique events took place at the White House. It did not involve the President, a Phi Gamma Delta from Amherst College, and he was not a part of the festivities. It was … Continue reading

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8/3/1923 – Calvin and Grace Coolidge Become President and First Lady

On August 3, 1923, Americans were waking to the news that Warren Harding had died suddenly, late in the evening on August 2, after he became ill in a San Francisco hotel. The Vice-President, Calvin Coolidge, and his wife Grace, … Continue reading

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OTD – A Phi Gam and His Pi Phi Wife Become President and First Lady

On August 3, 1923, Americans were waking to the news that Warren Harding had died suddenly, late in the evening on August 2, after he became ill in a San Francisco hotel. The Vice-President, Calvin Coolidge, and his wife Grace, … Continue reading

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The Coolidges on Phi Gamma Delta’s Founders’ Day

On May 1, 1848, Phi Gamma Delta was founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. The founders, the Immortal Six, are John Templeton McCarty, Samuel Beatty Wilson, James Elliott, Daniel Webster Crofts, Ellis Bailey Gregg and Naaman Fletcher. The Beta … Continue reading

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OTD in 1905, Calvin Coolidge Married Grace Goodhue

At 2:30 p.m. on October 4, 1905 in in the parlor of the home of Andrew and Lemira Goodhue, with 25 friends and relatives in attendance, the Goodhue’s daughter Grace, a Pi Beta Phi, married Calvin Coolidge, a young lawyer … Continue reading

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Fiji Sires and Sons Turns 95 on Phi Gamma Delta’s Founders’ Day

Phi Gamma Delta was founded on May 1, 1848. John Templeton McCarty, Samuel Beatty Wilson, James Elliott, Daniel Webster Crofts, Ellis Bailey Gregg and Naaman Fletcher – the Immortal Six – were students at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, when they founded … Continue reading

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Silent Cal, My Favorite Phi Gamma Delta, on Its Founders’ Day

Calvin Coolidge is my favorite Phi Gamma Delta, hands down. It is my feeling the press did not understand the Vermont zeitgeist of the 30th President, but that is neither here nor there because it is Fiji’s Founders’ Day. On … Continue reading

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On the White House Lawn with the First Lady, Grace Goodhue Coolidge

On April 11, 1924, one of the most unique events took place at the White House. It did not involve the President, a Phi Gamma Delta from Amherst College, and he was not a part of the festivities. It was … Continue reading

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Kappa Alpha Psi and Calvin Coolidge Share January 5th

Happy Founders’ Day to Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., founded on January 5, 1911 by ten students at Indiana University. Originally called Kappa Alpha Nu, the name was changed to Kappa Alpha Psi at the Grand Chapter meeting of December 1914. The … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday, Grace Coolidge!

January 3rd is the birthday of Grace Goodhue Coolidge. Gracious and humble, she was a dedicated Pi Phi, having been a charter member of the University of Vermont chapter. She also served as Alpha Province Vice President. One of my … Continue reading

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