Former Assistant Secretary of State Robert Charles revisits the inaugural messages of Ronald Reagan, Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy on Trump's inauguration day.

To the extent we remember these ceremonies, it is usually because of the speeches. Everyone recalls John F. Kennedy's inaugural address, with its stirring call to service over selfishness ...

Kennedy’s inaugural address. Lincoln’s first inaugural address ... became known as the Greatest Generation. And of course, JFK’s famous inaugural, in which he urged Americans, “Ask not ...

"Most inaugural speeches are eminently forgettable," Dallek ... FDR had the Great Depression, JFK faced a slew of overseas crises and Reagan sought to fundamentally redefine the way Americans ...

Trump is a divider, not a uniter. What Trump’s Inaugural Will and Won’t Do Delivering a great presidential inaugural address is an art, one that’s been tried by many and achieved by few.