Presidential Inaugural Addresses: Ronald Reagan First Inaugural - Complete Video 1/20/1981

We continue a look at some of the previous Presidential Inaugural Addresses as we move toward Inauguration Day, January 20, 2009.

Here is complete video of President Ronald Reagan's first Inaugural Address. What a powerful speech. In one speech, Ronald Reagan set forth the guiding principles that made America great, and the principles that should be the bedrock beliefs of conservatives and the Republican Party today. These principles are the path back to power for the GOP.

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PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL ADDRESSES 1945 – Present Click Links Below to View
DATE	PRESIDENT
1/20/2009	Barack Obama
1/20/2005	George W. Bush
1/20/2001	George W. Bush
1/20/1997	Bill Clinton
1/20/1993	Bill Clinton
1/20/1989	George H. W. Bush
1/20/1985	Ronald Reagan
1/20/1981	Ronald Reagan
1/20/1977	Jimmy Carter
*8/9/1974	*Gerald R. Ford
1/20/1973	Richard Nixon
1/20/1969	Richard Nixon
1/20/1965	Lyndon Johnson
1/20/1961	John F. Kennedy
1/21/1957	Dwight D. Eisenhower
1/20/1953	Dwight D. Eisenhower
1/20/1949	Harry Truman
1/20/1945	Franklin D. Roosevelt
*Gerald Ford Took the Oath of Office After Nixon Resignation; Delivered Remarks but no Inaugural Address