Jan 19, 2013 | History, mic, President Obama's Second Inauguration
Published: PolicyMic (January 19, 2013) Editor's Note: This article is an installment in an 11-part series on the inaugurations of incumbent presidents who were elected to additional terms in office, culminating in an on-the-ground report of Obama's second inauguration. Dwight D. Eisenhower (1957) and Lyndon B. Johnson (1965). Dwight Eisenhower (1957) The 1956 presidential election marked the...
Jan 19, 2013 | History, mic, President Obama's Second Inauguration
Published: PolicyMic (January 19, 2013) Editor's Note: This article is an installment in an 11-part series on the inaugurations of incumbent presidents who were elected to additional terms in office, culminating in an on-the-ground report of Obama's second inauguration. Franklin D. Roosevelt (January 20, 1945) and Harry Truman (January 20, 1949). Roosevelt (1945) Like Abraham Lincoln 80 years...
Jan 17, 2013 | History, mic, President Obama's Second Inauguration
Published: PolicyMic (January 17, 2013) This article is an installment in an 11-part series on the inaugurations of incumbent presidents who were elected to additional terms in office, culminating in an on-the-ground report of Obama's second inauguration. Franklin D. Roosevelt (January 20, 1937) and Franklin D. Roosevelt (January 20, 1941) Roosevelt (1937) While Lincoln's second inaugural may be...
Jan 16, 2013 | History, mic, President Obama's Second Inauguration
Published: PolicyMic (January 16, 2013) This article is an installment in an 11-part series on the inaugurations of incumbent presidents who were elected to additional terms in office, culminating in an on-the-ground report of Obama's second inauguration. Woodrow Wilson (March 4, 1917) and Calvin Coolidge (March 4, 1925): Wilson: Rarely has a president so directly defied the ideological basis of...
Jan 14, 2013 | History, mic, President Obama's Second Inauguration
Published: PolicyMic (January 14, 2013) This article is an installment in an eleven-part series on the inaugurations of incumbent presidents who were elected to additional terms in office, culminating in an on-the-ground report of Obama's second inauguration. William McKinley (March 4, 1901) and Theodore Roosevelt (March 4, 1905) McKinley: The presidential election of 1900 had been a clear-cut...
Jan 14, 2013 | Arts and Entertainment, Gay Rights and Other LGBTQIA Issues, Media Issues, mic
Published: PolicyMic (January 14, 2013) In light of Jodie Foster's widely discussed Golden Globes Award acceptance speech last night, I think it's only appropriate to take a look at the top 5 greatest award acceptance speeches in history: 5. Jodie Foster Let's start with the oratorical performance that is setting cyberspace afire right now ... Jodie Foster's acceptance of the Cecil B. DeMille...
Jan 13, 2013 | History, mic, President Obama's Second Inauguration
Published: PolicyMic (January 13, 2013) This article is an installment in an eleven-part series on the inaugurations of incumbent presidents who were elected to additional terms in office, culminating in an on-the-ground report of Obama's second inauguration. Ulysses S. Grant (March 4, 1873) and Grover Cleveland (March 4, 1893): Grant: Just as Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural was the greatest...
Jan 12, 2013 | History, mic, President Obama's Second Inauguration
Published: PolicyMic (January 12, 2013) Andrew Jackson (March 4, 1833) and Abraham Lincoln (March 4, 1865): This article is an installment in an eleven-part series on the inaugurations of incumbent presidents who were elected to additional terms in office, culminating in an on-the-ground report of Obama's second inauguration. Jackson: In the summer of 1832, President Andrew Jackson declared war...
Jan 11, 2013 | History, mic, President Obama's Second Inauguration
Published: PolicyMic (January 11, 2013) James Madison (March 4, 1813) and James Monroe (March 4, 1821): This article is an installment in an eleven-part series on the inaugurations of incumbent presidents who were elected to additional terms in office, culminating in an on-the-ground report of Obama's second inauguration. Madison: The presidential election of 1812 marked several firsts, foremost...
Jan 9, 2013 | History, mic, President Obama's Second Inauguration
Published: PolicyMic (January 9, 2013) George Washington (March 4, 1793) and Thomas Jefferson (March 4, 1805): This article is an installment in an eleven-part series on the inaugurations of incumbent presidents who were elected to additional terms in office, culminating in an on-the-ground report of Obama's second inauguration. Washington: George Washington's second inauguration marked several...