FILE - This Jan. 20, 1961 black-and-white file photo shows President John F. Kennedy delivering his inaugural address after taking the oath of office, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sixteen presidents before Barack Obama got a second chance at giving an inaugural address for the ages. Most didnt make much of it. Abraham Lincoln is the grand exception. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - This Jan. 20, 1941 black-and-white file photo shows President Franklin Delano Roosevelt waving from the inaugural stand on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sixteen presidents before Barack Obama got a second chance at giving an inaugural address for the ages. Most didnt make much of it. Abraham Lincoln is the grand exception. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - This Jan. 20, 1997 file photo shows President Clinton gesturing while speaking during his inaugural speech after being sworn in for his second term, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sixteen presidents before Barack Obama got a second chance at giving an inaugural address for the ages. Most didnt make much of it. Abraham Lincoln is the grand exception. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)
FILE - This Jan. 20, 2009 file photo shows President Barack Obama delivering his inaugural address on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sixteen presidents before Barack Obama got a second chance at giving an inaugural address for the ages. Most didnt make much of it. Abraham Lincoln is the grand exception. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixteen presidents before Barack Obama got a second chance at giving an inaugural address for the ages. Most didn’t make much of it. George Washington’s remarks the second time around were admirably succinct — only 135 words — but hardly qualify as …
