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Barack Obama - Inaugural Address
On the 20th of January, 2009, Barack H. Obama became America's 44th President.  His inaugural speech, given at a time of great economic concerns, addressed not just the problems of the country but also the significant progress America has made throughout her history. The following is the trans...
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FDR - First Inaugural Address
Franklin Delano Roosevelt first took the Presidential oath on the 4th of March, 1933.  It was the last time an American president was sworn-in during that month.  Now inaugurations occur in January. Near the beginning of this famous inaugural speech, FDR told his fellow citizens:  "T...
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Harry Truman - Inaugural Address
Harry Truman had been America's vice president for just a few months when FDR died, unexpectedly, on the 12th of April, 1945.  A man Americans barely knew was now in charge of ending the war and leading the country. When Truman sought the presidency, in his own right, he was not at all sure he...
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JFK - Inaugural Address
As huge crowds gathered at the U.S. Capitol, and throughout the Mall, John F. Kennedy delivered his famous inaugural address.  Replete with memorable phrases, one of the most famous was:  Ask not what your country can do for you.  Ask what you can do for your country. This is a colo...
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JFK - Inaugural-Day Highlights
John F. Kennedy became America's 35th President on the 20th of January, 1961.  This newsreel clip, featuring historical footage of that day, includes (among others) the following scenes: JFK is sworn-in by Chief Justice Earl Warren Clip of the inaugural address - "The torch has been pas...
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Lyndon Baines Johnson - Inaugural Address
Lyndon Baines Johnson was Vice President during the Kennedy Administration.  After JFK was killed by an assassin's bullet, on 22 November 1963, Johnson became America's 36th president. He was elected to the office, in his own right, the following year.  This is the inaugural address he ga...
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Ronald Reagan - Inaugural Address
Ronald Reagan became America's 40th president on January 20, 1981.  He was the first to be sworn-in, and deliver his inaugural address, at the Capitol's West Front.  Barely two months later, he was shot in an attempted assassination.
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William J. Clinton - Inaugural Address
On the 20th of January, 1993, William Jefferson Clinton (formerly the governor of Arkansas) became America's 42nd president.  He would serve two terms. This was his first inaugural address.
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