{"id":4525,"date":"2025-01-20T15:05:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T15:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=4525"},"modified":"2025-01-20T15:05:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T15:05:49","slug":"inauguration-excitement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=4525","title":{"rendered":"Inauguration Excitement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today is inauguration day \u2014 very soon , we\u2019ll be honored to listen to a very beautiful inauguration speech \u2014 most will say it\u2019s the most beautiful they\u2019ve ever heard. It\u2019ll be in a class all by itself \u2014 no other inauguration speech, or maybe <em>any<\/em> speech, will come close to how beautiful it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So \u2014 we know this will be the best and most beautiful speech in all of history, but I got to wondering what would be the (far distant) second best inauguration speech. Obviously, determining the (second) best inaugural speech by a U.S. president is subjective \u2014 it depends on individual perspectives and historical contexts. But my extensive research found that one speech always mentioned in the top two or three bests (before today) is John F. Kennedy\u2019s Inaugural Address in 1961. That speech is renowned for its call to civic duty and unity during the Cold War. His famous quote, \u201cask not what your country can do for your \u2014 ask what you can do for your country,\u201d inspired a generation to a life of public service. The speech emphasized global cooperation and the pursuit of peace.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not that I\u2019m inviting comparisons, but I thought while I was it it, I\u2019d see what historians considered the <em>worst<\/em> inaugural speech. Again, picking one is subjective, but nearly all chose William Henry Harrison\u2019s Inaugural Address in 1841 to be at the bottom.<br>The speech was over 8,445 words \u2014 it\u2019s still the longest inaugural speech in U.S. history. The speech was criticized for being verbose, unfocused, and heavy on classical references. It rambled through historical and philosophical ideas rather than addressing clear policy goals or the pressing issues of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thankfully, we won\u2019t have anything like that today I\u2019m pretty sure todays wonderful, beautiful speech will be available on parchment paper (ready for framing) and probably be engraved on all sorts of jewelry and items that we can proudly display in our homes. And \u2014 available for purchase later today.\u00a0<br>So the excitement grows\u2026. the whole word will be watching \u2014 and listening.<br>\u2014 30 \u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is inauguration day \u2014 very soon , we\u2019ll be honored to listen to a very beautiful inauguration speech \u2014 most will say it\u2019s the most beautiful they\u2019ve ever heard. It\u2019ll be in a class all by itself \u2014 no &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=4525\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4525"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4526,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4525\/revisions\/4526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}