The Vatican is prepared for a huge crowd Tuesday as Pope Francis hosts political leaders from 130 nations and representatives from a variety of religions for his installation Mass. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to pack St. Peter's Squa...
For the cost of a bowl of soup, St. Louis residents become art patrons David Weinberg | St. Louis, Missouri 18 May 2010 Funding for the arts has been hit hard by the economic downturn. So many local groups have turned to small-scale private donors. P...
Four days of celebrations and festivities surrounding the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama have begun in Washington with an open-air concert at the Lincoln Memorial. President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle at the Lincoln Memor...
The U.S. military is providing more than 30,000 troops to help with security during Tuesday's presidential inauguration and to be ready to respond to any emergency. Members of the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee attend a large-scale map exercise at...
Thank you. Thank you. Senator Hatfield, Mr. Chief Justice, Mr. President, Vice President Bush, Vice President Mondale, Senator Baker, Speaker ONeill, Reverend Moomaw, and my fellow citizens: To a few of us here today this is a solemn and most moment...
Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, President Truman, Reverend Clergy, fellow citizens: We observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom -- symbolizing an end, as w...
John F. Kennedy: Inaugural Address [AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED: Text version below transcribed directly from audio. (2)] [Administering of the Oath of Office] Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chie...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: First Inaugural Address [AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED: Text version below transcribed directly from audio. (2)] President Hoover, Mr. Chief Justice, my friends: This is a day of n...
[Swearing-in on Ronald Reagan by USSC Chief Justice Warren Burger] [AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED: Text version below transcribed directly from audio.] Thank you. Thank you. Senator Hatfield, Mr. Chief Justi...
