Wednesday, November 4, 2009 East Central Illinois

Inaugural addresses usually become indelible part of history

By Paul Wood
Sunday, January 11, 2009 8:32 AM CDT

The 44th president has some tough acts to follow.

Whether it was Lincoln calling for national healing "with malice toward none," Roosevelt offering hope and strength in a nationwide Depression that was both economic and psychological or Kennedy asking young Americans to work unselfishly for the betterment of the world, presidents are often remembered best for what they said on their Inauguration Days.

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