NOTE for summer schedules we will meet on the 5th Monday in July and skip August 

July 29 we will discuss Andrew Jackson 

American Lion by John Meacham (print, large print, e-book, e-audio or CD audio) or alternatives are Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times By: HW Brands (print, large print, CD audio) or Jacksonland by Steve Inskeep (print or CD audio)

The Presidential Book Group is reading biographies of each President in chronological order.  Join us anytime along this journey.  

The group meets on the 4th Monday of the month at 6:30 PM EST, which you can attend in person in the Coolidge Museum or on Zoom. Discussions will be facilitated by Bill Scher, vice president of the Coolidge Museum Committee.

Email Coolidge@forbeslibrary.org to join the email list and receive the zoom link.

Meeting of the Coolidge Standing Committee of the Forbes Library Board of Trustees

HYBRID with in person in the Coolidge Museum and remote via zoom.   Public welcome to observe and there is a public comment period at the beginning of the meeting.  The agendas are posted by Thursday before the Monday meeting.  

Please follow this link to access the Zoom teleconference:

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87291549142?pwd=alpYNktKU0JicmtmUHFwLzBWSVZVdz09

 Meeting ID: 872 9154 9142

Passcode: 139105

NO MEETING THIS MONTH

The Coolidge Museum at Forbes Library is starting a new book group in 2024 to focus of reading women's history and social history.  

As her husband John met in Philadelphia to discuss forming a new nation, Abigail Adams wrote to implore him, 'I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors.' Alas, it would be another 150 years before they even got the right to vote. But women were neither silent nor passive then or now.

To elevate the voices of women in American history, a new book club is being offered by the The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum. The inspiration for the club, Herstory: Women in American History, came from some members of the museum's Presidential Book Club, who expressed a desire to read more about the context of historical figures, and to hear from and about the women involved in the building of our nation. 

Selections in the book club will include biographies of women interspersed with texts on significant periods in American history. This way, book club members can place the women they read about in context and gain a fuller understanding of their challenges and achievements.

This group meets on Zoom on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7:00 PM 

This group is moderated by Coolidge Museum Committee members Leslie Skantz-Hodgson (Smith Vocational School Librarian) and Rob Weir (retired professor of history).  

To join the email list or for more information, email Coolidge@forbeslibrary.org 

NO MEETING THIS MONTH 

The group meets on the 4th Monday of the month at 6:30 PM EST, which you can attend in person in the Coolidge Museum or on Zoom. Discussions will be facilitated by Bill Scher, vice president of the museum’s Standing Committee.

Email Coolidge@forbeslibrary.org to join the email list or for more information.