inaugural address

An hour of stories about a few high-stakes inaugurations from the past.

John F. Kennedy's 1961 inaugural address remains one of the most famous presidential speeches.

Jefferson and his connection to partisanship in early America.

Radio Diaries tells the story behind those infamous words, and the man who delivered them.

Yuval Levin urges us to take America’s greatest constitutional thinker, James Madison, as our lodestar.

A new book explores Abraham Lincoln's interactions with African Americans during his presidency.

As Presidents' Day approaches, historians look back at the most notable recent uses and misuses of "the Great Emancipator's" words.

A Trump-Biden transition is sure to be scary. But it’d be hard to beat Buchanan-Lincoln.

Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence announced a new epoch in world history, transforming a provincial tax revolt into a great struggle to liberate humanity.

The British were a pain, to be sure, but what really caused him trouble were his teeth.

Trump's unbridled rhetorical rampage has stripped the presidency of its moral ambition and authority. 

Was Abraham Lincoln's the most tumultuous presidential transition in American history?

George Washington scales new heights.