THIRTIETH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES GIVES HIS OPINION ON THE FIRST
Paul Smiths, New York (JFK+50) On September 23, 1926, The Evening Star reports President Calvin Coolidge's views on the First President of the United States*.
President Coolidge, interviewed by Bruce Barton at the Summer White House in New York, said...
"Washington had that rare combination of a great soldier, a great statesman, a great patriot and a great character. A careful study of...his life makes it difficult to come to any other conclusion than you can pronounce it all good."
*George Washington (1732-1799) was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia & served in the Virginia House of Burgesses, Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, president of the Constitutional Convention & President of the United States 1789-1797.
SOURCE
"Nation Demands Executive Work Hard, President Finds," by Bruce Barton, The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., September 23, 1926, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
