"Most inaugural speeches are eminently forgettable," Dallek ... New presidents have generally used the speech to lay out their goals and address current challenges. FDR had the Great Depression, JFK ...

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 ...

If you were surprised at the tone and substance of Donald Trump’s second inaugural address, you have not been paying attention to the last decade or so. For him, norms exist to shatter.

Delivering a great presidential inaugural address is an art, one that’s been tried by many and achieved by few. It’s a speech that’s meant to unite, inspire and motivate a nation behind ...

President Donald Trump's second inaugural address was a policy-oriented message "of hope and unity," experts said. Kevin Roberts, president of the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank ...

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.

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 ...

That’s our heritage, that’s our song. We sing it still.” — Ronald Reagan, 1985 Inaugural Address “I behold the surest pledges that as on one side, no local prejudices, or attachments ...

Abraham Lincoln sought to heal a nation divided by civil war by calling for “malice toward none” in a speech that would later be carved into the wall of the Lincoln Memorial.

Breathtaking: There’s no other word for the sheer ambition and scope of President Donald Trump’s second inaugural address. Trump is back, with all the confidence of a man delivered from death ...

When Donald Trump delivers his second inaugural address on Jan. 20, he will be continuing a tradition started in 1789 by George Washington. A lot has changed since the first president gave his speech ...