President Herbert Hoover’s Inaugural Address, March 4, 1929*

[Delivered in person at the Capitol] My countrymen: This occasion is not alone the administration of the most sacred oath which can be assumed by an American citizen. It is a dedication and consecration under God to the highest office in service of our people. I assume this trust in the humility of knowledge thatContinue reading “President Herbert Hoover’s Inaugural Address, March 4, 1929*”

President Calvin Coolidge’s Inaugural Address, march 4, 1925*

MY COUNTRYMEN: No one can contemplate current conditions without finding much that is satisfying and still more that is encouraging. Our own country is leading the world in the general readjustment to the results of the great conflict. Many of its burdens will bear heavily upon us for years, and the secondary and indirect effectsContinue reading “President Calvin Coolidge’s Inaugural Address, march 4, 1925*”

President Warren G. Harding’s Inaugural Address, March 4, 1921*

When one surveys the world about him after the great storm, noting the marks of destruction and yet rejoicing in the ruggedness of the things which withstood it, if he is an American he breathes the clarified atmosphere with a strange mingling of regret and new hope. We have seen a world passion spend itsContinue reading “President Warren G. Harding’s Inaugural Address, March 4, 1921*”