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Puritan Echoes in White House Vacation Styles
Washington AP notes a link between Calvin Coolidge and Lyndon B. Johnson as presidents via the vice presidency. It argues Johnson’s work ethic mirrors a Puritan influence from his youth, shaping his view of vacations as work not leisure, contrasting with Coolidge’s long fishing retreats in the Black Hills.
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