How Do I Obtain the Presidential Inauguration Speech?
- 1). Figure out which inauguration speech you want to obtain. This will depend on which president you're most interested in, and it can determine the formats in which you can obtain the speech.
- 2). Use online resources to find an inaugural speech in text form. For example, you can find speeches by visiting bartleby.com/124 and scrolling through the list of presidents. They're in chronological order.
- 3). Use online resources to find audio excerpts from inaugural speeches. "USA Today" has an audio library of presidential inaugural speeches since 1933 posted at usatoday.com/news/washington/inaugural-speeches.htm. You can scroll through the clips in chronological order to view the speech you're looking for.
- 4). Find full inaugural speeches, speech excepts and the histories of the speeches in the book "U.S. Presidential Inaugurations (Cornerstones of Freedom)," by Andrew Santella, or in the book "U.S. Presidential Inauguration Speeches & Inauguration Trivia: Obscuria Recuria," by J. Merton Walkley.
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