When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and ...

When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and paragraphs from a printed draft and pasted them onto the copy he planned ...

Alexander Stephens's infamous “Cornerstone” speech remains controversial even today. The simple revisionist narrative is that ...

I hope Donald Trump exudes optimism and hope. I hope that our 47th president will be good-humored in another 'morning in ...

One function of these addresses is to bring the country together. As one political scientist put it, they brim with 'verbal ...

Visitors participated in a number of activities, such as a scavenger hunt, and a special viewing of Dr. King's famous "I have ...

On the eve of Trump’s second inaugural address, Americans wonder whether he will follow the path of Jefferson and Lincoln ...

Will Trump take the opportunity this time, in his second inaugural speech, to talk of unity? Or will it be more 'American ...

Some inaugural addresses are memorable for the wrong reasons. Trump’s first inaugural address is an example. He railed ...

In 1983, about 20 years after King's "I Have a Dream" speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third ...