James Madison: Second Inaugural Addressġ4. The Father of the Constitution: The First Inaugural Address of James Madison by Stuart Eric Leibigerġ3.
James Madison: First Inaugural Addressġ2. The Man of the People: The Second Inaugural Address of Thomas Jefferson by Annette Gordon-Reedġ1. Thomas Jefferson: Second Inaugural Addressġ0. The Sage of Monticello: The First Inaugural Address of Thomas Jefferson by Peter S. Thomas Jefferson: First Inaugural AddressĨ. The Colossus of Independence: The Inaugural Address of John Adams by Rhonda Barlowħ. The American Cincinnatus: The Second Inaugural Address of George Washington by Kevin ButterieldĦ. George Washington: Second Inaugural AddressĤ. Inaugurator: George Washington's First Inaugural Address by Stephen H. George Washington: First Inaugural AddressĢ. The essays also offer distinctive approaches: some consider the political, economic, and military status of the country others the composition of the address itself and still others the personal circumstances of the president at the time of his inauguration.Ĭovering over 230 of years of American history, My Fellow Americans captures a snapshot of America at unique points in time, with perceptive commentaries by America's finest presidential historians and a broad-ranging introduction by Ted Widmer.ġ. They also reflect on how the address relates to the president's legacy in and out of office. The authors examine decisions the president made and how this impacted the nation's trajectory. Each of the contributors explores what a president expected to be dealing with when entering the highest office in the land and what he hoped to do for the country. What distinguishes it from other compilations of inaugural addresses are brief, original essays by leading scholars, speechwriters, historians, biographers, and editors of presidential papers that contextualize the speech within the presidential administration that followed. This work brings together all of the inaugural addresses-from George Washington's first in 1789 through Joseph Biden's in 2021. In a speech freighted with importance, they express their fears, their hopes, and their most personal aspirations for the nation and for democracy. The address tells Americans-and peoples around the world-what the country has been and what it has the potential to become. Introduced by presidential historian Ted Widmer, this work offers both the original texts and insightful essays by leading historians on each of the presidential inaugural addresses-from George Washington to Joseph Biden.Įvery four years, the incoming president of the United States delivers an inaugural address in a tradition that dates back to 1789, with the first inauguration of George Washington.
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