Calvin Coolidge’s Family Kept Their Pet “William Johnson Hippopotamus” At The National Zoo

This month in 1927, Americans were fawning over an animal headed to the National Zoo in Washington: a presidential hippo named Billy.

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When A Raccoon Lived At The White House

Champ and Major are the new White House dogs, but there have been lots of pets at the president's house over the years, including Rebecca the raccoon, who definitely left her mark on the place during Calvin Coolidge's presidency.

Curds and Few Words: Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site, Plymouth Notch, Vermont

An edible monument to the values that made the man who he was? I can get behind that.

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