inaugural speeches
First official orations
Inaugural speeches are formal addresses delivered at the beginning of a term in office, most commonly by newly elected leaders.
The term appears predominantly in discussions of U.S. presidents, whose inaugural addresses mark the ceremonial start of their administrations: Kennedy's inaugural speech called Americans to public service.
The phrase can apply to any formal speech marking the start of a new position or endeavor.
- presidentElected leader of nation
- swearing inFormal oath-taking ceremony
- oathFormal binding promise
- peaceful transferNonviolent change of power
- Gettysburg Address1863 battlefield dedication speech
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- oratorypublic speaking, oration, orations, addresses, debate
- speechesaddresses, lecture, soliloquy, monologue, oration
- Political DocumentsDeclaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, Federalist Papers, Articles of Confederation, founding documents
- presidential documentsexecutive orders, proclamations, presidential decrees, memoranda, executive actions
- government recordspublic records, legal records, presidential records, state laws, federal contracts
inaugural speechesfarewell addresses
Departing speeches to audiences
concession speeches · closing remarks · parting words · swan songs
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