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Calvin Coolidge: By building the Panama Canal he brought into closer relationship the east and the west and realized the vision that…

On the recordAugust 9, 1927
By building the Panama Canal he brought into closer relationship the east and the west and realized the vision that inspired Columbus in his search for a new passage to the Orient.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Address at the Opening of Work on Mount Rushmore in Black Hills, SD

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