PRESIDENT APPEALS TO CITIZENS TO STAND BEHIND AMERICAN IDEALS
Baltimore, Maryland (JFK+50) On September 6, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge "appealed to patriotic citizens to range themselves firmly...behind American ideals."
The President spoke at the unveiling of a monument here in Baltimore to the memory of the Marquis de Lafayette*.
President Coolidge defended the United States Constitution and lauded the United States Supreme Court as "the final authority" to determine all questions arising under it.
*Lafayette Monument is a bronze equestrian statue by Andrew O'Connor, Jr., 1924. It is located at Mt. Vernon Place in Baltimore, Maryland.
SOURCE
"Coolidge Appeals To All Patriots To Uphold U.S. Ideals," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., September 6, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
