Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first inaugural address and “Four Freedoms” State of the Union speech and John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address. Lincoln’s first inaugural address was an all ...

But on the first Inauguration Day, in 1789, George Washington did something else. He gave a speech. Every president ... first inaugural in 1933, Franklin Roosevelt moved out of campaign mode ...

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 ...