On vacation in the Black Hills of South Dakota, a stiff President Calvin Coolidge cut a comical figure, wearing cowboy boots and a 10-gallon hat, as he rode a horse to the base of a mountain. “We have come here to dedicate a cornerstone laid by the hand of God Almighty!” not-so-Silent Cal told the crowd of about 1,000 people on August 10, 1927. When he finished his rema


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