When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and ...
One function of these addresses is to bring the country together. As one political scientist put it, they brim with 'verbal ...
Donald Trump's first inaugural address was the shortest in decades, but was no where near the shortest speech.
I hope Donald Trump exudes optimism and hope. I hope that our 47th president will be good-humored in another 'morning in ...
IN 1984 I delivered a paper at a conference on Abraham Lincoln and the American ... consisting of Lincoln's letters and speeches, and memoranda that he wrote himself or that were transcribed ...
National Park Service employees dust the statue of President Abraham Lincoln at the ... inaugural address on the northern one. Lincoln gave that latter speech on the other side of the Capitol ...
On the eve of Trump’s second inaugural address, Americans wonder whether he will follow the path of Jefferson and Lincoln ...
No better example exists than Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (November 19, 1863), widely considered one of the two most consequential speeches in American history (I Have A Dream).