Early on, I landed on my top five: Lincoln’s first and second inaugural addresses, Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first inaugural address and “Four Freedoms” State of the Union speech and John F.

In his first inaugural in 1933, Franklin Roosevelt moved out of campaign mode and acknowledged the constraints on his “leadership of frankness and vigor.” He pledged to rely on his ...

As the Great Depression deepened in early 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first inaugural address offered hope to the disillusioned nation. “This great Nation,” he assured the American people ...

1805), President Andrew Jackson’s first inaugural (1829) and President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first inaugural (1933). All are well worth reading. Jefferson did an astonishing job in his first ...

The second inauguration of Ronald Reagan on Jan. 20, 1985, was forced indoors due to intense cold. As USA TODAY noted that day, "The USA's 50th inauguration today moves indoors – a victim of ...

FDR had the Great Depression ... is the speech that encapsulates his importance," he said. In fact, Trump's first inaugural address is not typically remembered for its content, but rather its ...

Most people can recall one line from Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first inaugural address: "The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself." It wasn't the best line in the speech. Toward the end ...

Unlike the much-scrutinized style choices of recent decades, all of the inaugural ones that were made by Roosevelt, who served as first lady between 1933 and 1945, are not readily accessible online.

the outdoor swearing-in at his first inaugural set a precedent that with few exceptions has been followed by elected presidents since. While Franklin D. Roosevelt continued the tradition of an outdoor ...