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Who Said It? 1/21/13

 

Franklin D. Roosevelt “Second Inaugural Address” (January 20, 1937)

 

This was the first inaugural on January 20th under theĀ  20th Amendment (Ratified on January 23, 1933)

 

Source: Franklin D. Roosevelt: “Inaugural Address.,” January 20, 1937. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=15349

Posted on January 21, 2013

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