The White House
The White House: Photo Gallery: Celebrating President's Day
This is a slideshow of important moments in the history of the American presidency. Includes photographs of presidential inaugurations, candid images of presidents and copies of inauguration day speeches.
This Nation
This Nation: George H. W. Bush's Inaugural Address, January 20, 1989
The Inaugural Address of George H. W. Bush on January 20, 1989.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Presidential Inaugurations
This resource provides step-by-step lesson plans that detail the Presidential Inauguration. It offers links to superb primary sources (photos, poems, audio, etc.) that catalog past inaugurations. This resource will certainly help...
Library of Congress
Loc: Inaugural Materials Exhibition
How has the Presidential Inauguration Day changed through the years? Take a look back at eighteen presidents on the day they took the oath of office. Primary source documents capture the historical significance of this day and include...
Library of Congress
Loc: Presidential Inaugurations: Historical Insights
Features inaugural artifacts and highlights of nine presidential inaugurations starting with George Washington who established many of the ceremonial traditions that are still followed today.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: u.s. Presidents and Inaugurations
This collection of images from Smithsonian Libraries celebrates U.S. Presidents while providing a glimpse of the presidencies and inaugurations of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Inaugural Firsts
NPR highlights historical inaugural firsts in this captioned pictorial slideshow. Includes many interesting and fun facts about U.S. presidents.
A&E Television
History.com: American Presidents: Ronald Reagan
This easy-to-navigate site has President Reagan's biography, a timeline of events occurring during his presidency, an image gallery, a large collections of videos with many of his speeches, and more.
A&E Television
History.com: American Presidents: John F. Kennedy
This easy-to-navigate site has Kennedy's biography, events occurring during his presidency, an image gallery, and video clips.
A&E Television
History.com: American Presidents: Richard Nixon
This easy-to-navigate site has Richard Nixon's biography, events occurring during his presidency, an image gallery, several video clips.
A&E Television
History.com: American Presidents: Theodore Roosevelt
This easy-to-navigate site has Theodore Roosevelt's biography, events occurring during his presidency, an image gallery, and several video clips.
US National Archives
Our Documents: Washington's First Inaugural Speech
This site presents the full written document of President George Washington's first inaugural speech. Content includes information about the speech, images of the document itself, and a full transcript of the document.
American Presidency Project
American Presidency Project: Abraham Lincoln: Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861
The complete text of Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural address where he attempts to reach out the states that have seceded and assure them that his first priority is preservation of the Union.
White House Historical Association
White House Historical Association: Brief History of Presidential Inaugurations
Offers comprehensive historical background on presidential inaugurations from George Washington to Bill Clinton. Includes images and a trivia quiz to test your knowledge.
White House Historical Association
White House Historical Association: The Inauguration of Thomas Jefferson
Information and lesson plan about Thomas Jefferson's inauguration as the first Republican President and the political unrest around the time of his election as the third President of the United States.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: American Exp:primary Resources: Second Inaugural Address 1937
President Franklin Roosevelt's second inaugural address delivered in 1937. In this speech FDR calls for the nation to accept and prepare to move forward.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Primary Resources: First Inaugural Address 1933
A transcription of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address delivered on March 4, 1933.
University of Groningen
American History: Presidents: George Washington
Read George Washington's two inaugural speeches and his Annual Messages which give an interesting review of the beginning of the new United States. Included are links to some other writings of Washington and an 1808 biography.
University of Maryland
Voices of Democracy: George W. Bush, Second Inaugural Address (20 January 2005)
Complete text of the Second Inaugural Address by George W. Bush in 2005 along with an interpretive essay that examines the ways that President George W.Bush's Second Inaugural Address reflected the assumptions of the Bush Doctrine, ideas...
University of Groningen
American History: Presidents: John Adams
Read the inaugural address of John Adams and his speech to the Congress concerning the XYZ Affair. Be sure to read his State of the Nation Address in 1800, the first delivered in Washington, D.C., the new capital.
University of Groningen
American History: Presidents: James Madison
Included are James Madison's two inaugural addresses, his State of the Nation speeches, as well as other writings related to the Constitution. Of particular interest is his speech of 1812.
University of Groningen
American History: Presidents: John Quincy Adams
Read the inaugural address of John Quincy Adams and his subsequent State of the Nation speeches.
Teaching American History
Teaching American History: Franklin D. Roosevelt: First Inaugural Address
Transcribed excerpts of President Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address delivered March 4, 1933.
University of Groningen
American History: Presidents: Thomas Jefferson
Included here are Thomas Jefferson's two inaugural addresses and his State of the Nation speeches. You can follow Jefferson's increased distress concerning the young nation's treatment by European nations. Fascinating reading.