tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147998851717628040.post6148580886805811774..comments2023-10-12T08:22:07.631-07:00Comments on SANCTE PATER: Past Presidential VacationsVincenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204262882202051257noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147998851717628040.post-25230279621846768482011-08-11T18:38:09.243-07:002011-08-11T18:38:09.243-07:00Just a little tidbit on "Silent Cal" Coo...Just a little tidbit on "Silent Cal" Coolidge. WDC is incredibly hot and humid and in the days before air conditioning, presidents used to leave town for much of the Summer. This was before the days of potential nuclear destruction by planes and missiles in hours, not weeks.<br /><br />Anyhow, one Summer, 1923 or so, he chose Superior, WI, as the location of the Summer White House and took over their Central High School for the staff that he did need to keep the government running. <br /><br />I had read that he had done a lot of fishing on the Brule River on the south shore, but this is my first awareness that he shot trap. <br /><br />Lake Superior is a tremendous air conditioner because it is always "cooler by the lake."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08332138030182107580noreply@blogger.com