Ulysses S. Grant: First Inaugural Address – March 04, 1869
Citizens of the United States:
Your suffrages having elected me to the office of President of the United States, I have, in conformity to the Constitution of our country, taken the oath of office prescribed therein. I have taken this oath without mental reservation and [...]
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Ulysses Grant: First Inaugural Address – March 04, 1869
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Abraham Lincoln: Gettysburg Address -November 19, 1863
Posted in Abraham Lincoln, Nineteenth Century, tagged Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, History, November 19 1863, Politics, Speeches, USA on January 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Four months after the Battle of Gettysburg, Lincoln joined in a dedication of a national cemetery on a portion of the battlefield. The speech he delivered that day would become one of the most famous speeches given by a U.S. President.
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new [...]
Thomas Jefferson: Second Inaugural Address (March 04, 1805)
Posted in Nineteenth Century, Thomas Jefferson, tagged Inaugural Address, March 04 1805, Thomas Jefferson on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Proceeding, fellow citizens, to that qualification which the constitution requires, before my entrance on the charge again conferred upon me, it is my duty to express the deep sense I entertain of this new proof of confidence from my fellow citizens at large, and the zeal with which it inspires me, so to conduct myself [...]
