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On Grace’s Birthday

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Here are twenty of our favorite Grace Coolidge moments. Which ones are your favorites? Happy Birthday, dear lady!

First Lady Grace Goodhue Coolidge (Photo by Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)
(Eingeschränkte Rechte für bestimmte redaktionelle Kunden in Deutschland. Limited rights for specific editorial clients in Germany.) *1879-1957+The portrait of the wife of the 30th President of the United States, Calvin Coolidge Vintage property of ullstein bild (Photo by Nickolas Muray/ullstein bild via Getty Images)
Grace and Rebecca on the White House grounds. Photo by: Library of Congress.
Grace on the Homestead porch at Plymouth Notch. Photo by: Library of Congress.
President Calvin Coolidge, wearing a black armband, and First Lady Grace Goodhue Coolidge. (Photo by Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)
Mrs. Coolidge at one of the famous garden parties with Prudence Prim dressed for the occasion.
First Lady Grace Coolidge at Horse Show, Washington DC, USA, National Photo Company, May 1925. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
The Coolidges aboard the Mayflower.
Grace Coolidge, First Lady and Wife of U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, Official White House Portrait With Her Dog, Rob Roy, by Howard Chandler Christy, 1924. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
The Coolidge on the porch at Northampton. Photo by: Library of Congress.
circa 1920: Calvin Coolidge (1872 – 1933), the 30th President of the United States of America (1923 – 1929). When Governor of Massachusetts in 1919 he crushed the Boston police strike. Vice President to Warren Harding he succeeded him on his death (2nd August 1923). In 1924, he won the election and America enjoyed a period of economic growth. Seen here with his wife, Grace (1879 – 1957) and his sons John and Calvin Jnr (1908-24) when Governor of Massachusetts. (Photo by New York Times Co./Getty Images)
Portrait by Frank O. Salisbury, 1928.
First Lady Grace Coolidge and two of her dogs with children gathered on the White House grounds for Easter egg rolling. Washington, D.C. (Photo by H.E. French/Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)
Mrs. Coolidge, an avid enthusiast of the handheld camera, was inducted as an honorary member of the White House Photographers Association.
(Original Caption) Mrs. Coolidge, the “First Lady,” sets an example for the millions of women voters of the country, and casts her vote today, to be sent by mail to Massachusetts along with that of her distinguished husband. Note that the “First Lady” intends that her ballot be secret as she carefully shields her vote from view. (Photo by George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images)
The Coolidges at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, summer of 1927.
John Coolidge (1906-2000), former United States President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), Calvin Coolidge, Jr. (1908-1924), former First Lady Grace Coolidge (1879-1957) and George Christian looking over the White House lawns, Washington, D.C., USA, circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)
(Original Caption) President and Mrs. Coolidge try out skis presented to them by the National Ski Association.
The Coolidge family and the Dawes family (Charles Dawes was Coolidge’s Vice President) on the steps at the White House. (Photo by H.E. French/Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)
Portrait of Mrs. Coolidge by Philip de Laszlo, 1926.