President John F. Kennedy gave many inspirational speeches, and one of the most memorable was his 1961 inaugural address in ...

Our 22 nd and 24 th president was Grover Cleveland---the only one to win re-election in non-consecutive terms….until Donald J. Trump last year. In 1885, President Cleveland declared, “And let us not ...

Garfield had a short tenure as U.S. President, but it started with a ball at the Smithsonian's newest building.

You've watched it, you've read it, you've analyzed it — everybody has. Now, compare the words Obama used in his speech today to other inaugural addresses. In this graphic from The Wall Street Journal ...

As Callista and I sat in the Rotunda listening to President Trump’s inaugural address, I realized that it was among the most revolutionary inaugural addresses in American history. Mr. Trump will be ...

George Washington delivered his first inaugural address before a joint session of Congress in New York City’s Federal Hall on April 30, 1789. Washington, stepping into the newly created role of ...

A rare presidential artifact long held in private hands is now on public view in Indiana – at least for the summer. The original, signed reading copy of President Benjamin Harrison’s 1889 inaugural ...

The president harshly criticized the Biden administration during his 2025 inaugural address, while Joe Biden sat just feet ...

A sea of onlookers surrounds the east steps of the U.S. Capitol to witness the 2005 swearing-in ceremony of President George W. Bush. Paul Morse/National Archives and Records Administration. George ...