America 250 – Greatest American Speeches
For most of the nation’s history over the last 250 years, the speeches made were not aired on major media. For example, what if radio had existed when President Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address? What if we could hear the deliberations over the Declaration of Independence? Fortunately, during the better part of the last century, the Greatest American Speeches have been preserved. We’ve selected some of them starting with the “Fear Itself” speech given by Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 4, 1933. Listen to our podcast on any device, CLICK PLAY.
We hear FDR after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Truman after the atomic bombs hit Japan, John F. Kennedy saying “Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You”, Martin Luther King’s “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech, Nixon resigning from office, Reagan saying “Tear Down This Wall”, George W. Bush at the site of 9/11, the election night speech of Barack Obama, and inaugural speeches of Donald Trump.