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Which president gave the longest inaugural address?
(NEXSTAR) – Since the very first inaugural address delivered by George Washington ... the cold for over an hour and a half ...
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Mourning a president and citizen
The first former president to pass away, George Washington, specifically requested a private funeral without orations or parades. Citizens largely ignored these wishes, besieging Washington’s ...
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A brief history of presidential inaugural speeches, from George Washington to today
But on the first Inauguration Day, in 1789, George Washington did something else ... the “ideals and aspirations of America.” Even William Howard Taft, whose 1909 inaugural was among the ...