If Americans know anything at all about Calvin Coolidge, U.S. president No. 30, they know he had a pet raccoon. The Coolidge White House (1923-1929) has not been enshrined in high school curricula. It ...
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This raccoon could have been a president’s Thanksgiving meal. It became a White House pet instead.
By then, the raccoon had long outlived the threat of becoming Thanksgiving dinner. But at least one columnist suggested that Coolidge turn Rebecca into a coat. Rebecca’s exploits were not yet finished ...
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