When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and ...

Donald Trump's first inaugural address was the shortest in decades, but was no where near the shortest speech.

One function of these addresses is to bring the country together. As one political scientist put it, they brim with 'verbal ...

IN 1984 I delivered a paper at a conference on Abraham Lincoln and the American ... consisting of Lincoln's letters and speeches, and memoranda that he wrote himself or that were transcribed ...

I hope Donald Trump exudes optimism and hope. I hope that our 47th president will be good-humored in another 'morning in ...

Wishing you all a very happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day! I thought it would be a good time to find some ...

On the eve of Trump’s second inaugural address, Americans wonder whether he will follow the path of Jefferson and Lincoln ...

No better example exists than Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (November 19, 1863), widely considered one of the two most consequential speeches in American history (I Have A Dream).

In 1983, about 20 years after King's "I Have a Dream" speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third ...

“It began at Bloomington Illinois — the little county seat with tree-skirted streets on a gentle hill that Lincoln loved; the scene of his celebrated 'Lost Speech,' the home of Jesse W.