Jan 20 2025 28 mins
Mr. Beat takes some of his favorite parts of (almost) every single presidential inaugural address in American history and puts them together into one, SUPER inaugural address. Meanwhile, he tricks you into learning everything you ought to know about American presidential inaugurations. Ha! You fell for it!
Uh ok, so this is, like, the description of the video so keep reading. Produced by Matt Beat. Filmed by Matt Beat. Additional images used under fair use guidelines or found in the public domain. Music by @somethingandthewhatevers3233 , Asher Fulero, Geographer, Cooper Cannell, Ester Abrami, and the United States Marine Band.
Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NKxogJ1gaNT7153YQPBNmLhPWDlYmGNdytEqXrvqTTY/edit?usp=sharing
Sources/further reading:
https://guides.loc.gov/presidential-inaugurations
https://www.aoc.gov/what-we-do/programs-ceremonies/inauguration
https://www.whitehousehistory.org/presidential-inaugurations
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/app-categories/spoken-addresses-and-remarks/presidential/inaugural-addresses
https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/history/washington-to-kennedy-7-notable-inaugural-addresses-in-american-history/77-65c3ff6c-5624-44db-80f5-0fe8a693362f
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_inauguration
https://www.livescience.com/57559-why-is-presidential-inauguration-in-january.html
https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/jan/20/inaugural-crowd-sizes-ranked/
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/inauguration/schedule-of-events.htm
https://www.historicamerica.org/journal/2021/1/18/presidential-inaugurations-by-the-numbers
https://www.whitehousehistory.org/notably-absent-presidential-no-shows-on-inauguration-day
https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2021/01/intriguing-facts-about-presidential-inaugurations-past/
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/inaugurationconstit.html
https://www.cfr.org/blog/remembering-best-and-worst-presidential-inaugural-addresses
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