Calvin Coolidge was born on the 4th of July, 1872, in Plymouth, not Vermont.

He died in 1933 just a few years after leaving the presidency, and he's buried on top of

the hill in his small hometown near the Green Mountains.

His body rests silently, beside many others in his family, including his 16-year-old son,

who died in the White House.

This is William Jenny, the regional administrator with the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation,

and we are standing in front of President Coolidge's gravesite here at the Plymouth

Notch Cemetery.

It is a very simple gravesite.

It's on a steep hill.

This land was too steep to farm, so they put it to another practical use.

Notice on the gravestone itself, it says his name, with his birth and death dates, but

nothing else to indicate anything special other than the presidential seal at the top.

Some people are surprised to see such a simple gravesite for a president, but it's very

appropriate for him.

He did say in his autobiography that we draw our presidents from the people.

I came from them.

I wished to be one of them again.

For this episode, I have a special tour guide.

So with me in the studio is Steve Pearlstein.

Hi.

He's a Pulitzer Prize-winning economics columnist for the Washington Post, and Steve has also

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