Roosevelt’s first inaugural (1933). All are well worth reading. Jefferson did an astonishing job in his first address explaining the importance of the peaceful transfer of power — and the ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — The tradition of delivering an address on Inauguration Day started way back with America's first president and has continued ever since. But not all of those speeches were made equally. I ...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt first took the oath of office in 1933 in the midst of the Great Depression. It was during his first inaugural address that he delivered a line now known to ...

A president like no other, speaking in a moment like no other, delivered an inaugural address like no other. At the height of his powers, Donald Trump spoke of “a thrilling new era of national ...

new video loaded: Trump’s Inaugural Address: 2017 vs. 2025 The Inaugural Address that President Trump gave on Monday was in some ways even darker than his “American carnage” inaugural ...

The 20th Amendment, ratified in 1933, moved the start of the president's term and inauguration to Jan. 20. Franklin D. Roosevelt became ... the shortest inaugural address, saying just 135 words ...

WASHINGTON — The tradition of delivering an address on Inauguration Day started way back with America's first president and has continued ever since. But not all of those speeches were made equally.