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...
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...