Fri. July 4

Commemoration of the Birthday of President Calvin Coolidge, President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site, Plymouth, VT
Noon - Calvin Coolidge, the only U.S. President born on July 4th, is honored each year with a wreath sent from the White House to the Vermont National Guard. The Guard and Coolidge family members gather at the town green, march to the cemetery, and all hear an inspiring speech.
2 p.m. - Abraham Lincoln re-enactor in the church
3:30 p.m. - Triada Music Festival, a group of talented children from all over the world, in the church
Free, donations welcome.

Sat. August 2

Plymouth Old Home Day
11 a.m. - Deborah and Nicholas Clifford speak on Vermont’s Flood of 1927: A New Look
1:30 p.m. - Professor and Pulitzer Prize winning author Joseph Ellis on American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic
3 p.m. - Adam Boyce, fiddler, sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council
Free, donations welcome.

Sat. August 16

Bennington Battle Day
1 p.m. - Cyndy Bittinger speaks on Two Humanitarians: Grace Coolidge and Dorothy Thompson
2 p.m. - Helene Lang Re-enacts Dorothy Canfield Fisher
sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council

Sat. August 30
Sun. Sept. 1
(Labor Day weekend)

Plymouth Folk and Blues Festival. Organized by Jay Ottaway and the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation.
2:00 p.m. ­ 5:00 p.m.
For more details, visit www.plymouthfolk.com

Sat. Sept. 20

Plymouth Cheese and Harvest Festival
11 a.m. - Abigail Adams re-enactor
1:30 p.m. - Jim Cooke in Cranky Yankees: All Together Now

Sat. Sept. 27
Sun. Sept. 28

Coolidge Symposium and Annual Dinner
at Quechee and in Woodstock with tours of the historic site and Woodstock, VT
Speakers include: economist Amity Shlaes, columnist Cal Thomas, academic expert Al Felzenberg, television commentator Robert Novak and Martha Joynt Kumar, author of Managing the President’s Message