Saturday, Aug. 6 at 10 a.m.—PLYMOUTH NOTCH—The President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site hosts Plymouth Old Home Day on Saturday, Aug. 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This annual event features traditional craft and farm demonstrations, wagon rides, chicken barbecue, and many more fun activities for the entire family.
Scheduled events:
11 a.m.—Actual naturalization ceremony for immigrants from around the world becoming U.S. citizens, with Judge Garvan Murtha presiding. Organized by the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation.
1:15 p.m.—Special program and book signing with the authors of “Intimate Grandeur–Vermont’s State House”
2:47 p.m.—Reenactment of Calvin Coolidge’s 1923 homestead inaugural, featuring Coolidge family members. Organized by the Coolidge Foundation.
Continuous activities:
Green Mountain Timekeepers Society. Bring your historic clocks and pocket watches and learn more about them.
Visitors center exhibit, Expressions of Esteem: The Coolidge Presidential Gifts featuring both glittering treasures from world dignitaries and modest tokens from “just plain folk.”
Children’s activities: “Clara’s Games”–old-time games sponsored by the Vermont Historical Society; create your own pressed flower cards with Ellen Denton; “Hands-on History” activities in the one-room schoolhouse; wagon rides and sheep shearing with farmer/historical interpreter Fred DePaul
Chicken barbecue offered by the Plymouth Volunteer Fire Department
Cheesemaking and Vermont specialty food tastings at the Plymouth Cheese Factory
George Ainley & Friends’ Old-Time String Band with Vermont fiddler Adam Boyce
Moxie display featuring ice cream floats!
Vermont artisans & special exhibits: Dolores Furnari (theorem painting), Polly Forcier (notepapers using authentic wall stencils) Marianne Fassett (paper quilling), Carolyn Guest (silhouettes and fancy paper cutting), water pump log demonstration, Vermont State Parks
Vintage automobiles, 1923 fire engine, and farm license plates on display.
Plymouth Notch
Plymouth Old Home Day is a great opportunity to explore Plymouth Notch, considered one of the best-preserved presidential sites in the country. Twelve buildings are open to the public. At the Coolidge Museum & Education Center, visitors can see the nationally award-winning permanent exhibit, “More Than Two Words”: The Life and Legacy of Calvin Coolidge.
The President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site is open daily through Oct. 16, 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For further information about other programs and special events, call 802-672-3773, or visit the state-owned historic sites online at HistoricSites.Vermont.gov.
