Coolidge and Rebecca “would take long evening walks together, with the raccoon waddling along at the end of a leash,” according to Truman. “It got so that the President never let a day go by ...

On Christmas Day, President Coolidge was astir before 7 a.m. Going out on the rear grounds of the White House, he greeted his pet raccoon, who wore his gift, a gleaming collar bearing the legend ...