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Npr: Inaugural Firsts
NPR highlights historical inaugural firsts in this captioned pictorial slideshow. Includes many interesting and fun facts about U.S. presidents.
Library of Congress
Loc: "I Do Solemnly Swear" Presidential Inauguration
This interactive site looks at presidential inaugurations from the first, George Washington to the present. Primary documents are included.
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Bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: Franklin D Roosevelt: 2nd Address
This site provides the text of Franklin D. Roosevelt's second inaugural address.
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Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: Franklin Pierce
A copy of Franklin Pierce's Inaugural Address, which he delivered from memory.
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Loc: America's Story: Robert Frost at Jfk's Inauguration
Can you imagine being asked to speak at a presidential inauguration and then not being able to read what you had intended to say? That's what happened to Robert Frost. Visit this site to find out how he solved this problem.
Fact Monster
Fact Monster: Inaugural Factfile
Gain insight into the history behind January 20th becoming Inauguration Day for the United States.
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Fact Monster: Inaugural Addresses of u.s. Presidents
From George Washington to George W. Bush, find the Inaugural Addresses of all U.S. Presidents in this complete file.
Library of Congress
Loc: The Lincoln Inaugural Bible, Chapter and Verse
View images of Abraham Lincoln's 1861 inaugural bible.
Fact Monster
Fact Monster: Famous Presidential Speeches
Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt and others have their famous presidential speeches captured in this database.
Scholastic
Scholastic History Mystery: Presidents 3: The Presidential Oath of Office
Students try to guess the mystery subject Carlotta Facts, the History Mystery Museum's professor, is studying. They read the clues, do some online and offline research, and then attempt to identify the game's mystery subject, the...
US Senate
Barack Obama Inaugural Website
A New Birth of Freedom is the 2009 Inaugural theme. Official site lists the events and history of the Presidential Inauguration.
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Pbs: George Washington's First Inauguration Speech [Pdf]
A handwritten text of President George Washington's Inauguration speech from April of 1789.
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Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: Ronald Reagan: First
Read Ronald Reagan's first inaugural address given on January 20, 1981, at the start of his first presidential term.
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Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: Geo. Washington: 1st
Review the text George Washington's first inaugural address given on April 30, 1789. RI.11-12.8 seminal U.S. texts
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Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: Zachary Taylor
Zachary Taylor's Inaugural Address, given March 5, 1849 is reproduced here, along with a portrait.
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Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: William H Harrison
Read the text of William Henry Harrison's inauguration speech given on March 4, 1841, which has the distinction of being the longest inaugural address yet given. Includes a short introduction.
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Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: William Mc Kinley 1st
Text of the inaugural speech given by William McKinley on March 4, 1897.
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Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: Bill Clinton: First
Review the text of the speech given by Thomas Jefferson on January 21, 1993, at his first inauguration.
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Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: George Bush
Review the text of the speech given by George H. W. Bush at his inauguration on January 20, 1989.
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Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: Jimmy Carter
Read Jimmy Carter's inaugural address given on January 20, 1977.
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Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: Richard Nixon: First
Review a transcript of Richard Nixon's first inaugural address given on January 20, 1969.
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Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: Lyndon B Johnson
Read the address that Lyndon Johnson gave at his inauguration on January 20, 1965.
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Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: Woodrow Wilson First
Review the text of Woodrow Wilson's first inaugural address given on March 4, 1913.
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Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: James Madison: First
Review the text of the speech given by James Madison on March 4, 1809, at his first inauguration.