Kennedy’s inaugural address. Lincoln’s first inaugural address ... became known as the Greatest Generation. And of course, JFK’s famous inaugural, in which he urged Americans, “Ask not ...
by the better angels of our nature." Presidents usually use their inaugural address to remind Americans of the nation’s past, particularly the nation’s founding and the most recent past that ...
"Most inaugural speeches are eminently forgettable," Dallek ... FDR had the Great Depression, JFK faced a slew of overseas crises and Reagan sought to fundamentally redefine the way Americans ...