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Napoleon saying farewell to the Old Guard at the Palace of Fontainebleau, after his first abdication (1814) A farewell speech or farewell address is a speech given by an individual leaving a position or place. They are often used by public figures such as politicians as a capstone to the preceding career, or as statements delivered by persons ...
An Oval Office address is a type of speech made by the president of the United States, usually in the Oval Office at the White House. [1] It is considered among the most solemn settings for an address made by a leader, and is most often delivered to announce a major new policy initiative, on the occasion of a leader's departure from office, or ...
Washington's Farewell Address [1] is a letter written by President George Washington as a valedictory to "friends and fellow-citizens" after 20 years of public service to the United States. [2] He wrote it near the end of the second term of his presidency before retiring to his home at Mount Vernon in Virginia.
The speech surprised many Biden allies for what it was not: a laundry list of accomplishments to burnish a one-term legacy. Instead, Biden used much of his remarks to warn against a burgeoning ...
President Biden will give a farewell address to the nation Wednesday evening, his final speech from the Oval Office before President-elect Donald Trump takes the White House on Monday. Biden’s ...
President Biden delivered a somewhat grim primetime farewell speech on Wednesday from the Oval Office to mark the final days of his presidency. The speech is among Biden’s last as president and ...
1966: Day of Affirmation by U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, speaking to South African students about individual liberty, apartheid, and the need for civil rights in the United States. 1967: Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence, Martin Luther King Jr.'s anti-Vietnam War speech at Riverside Church in New York City.
President Joe Biden, in his farewell address, reflected on a decadeslong political career but also issued a stark warning to the nation as he prepares to cede power to President-elect Donald Trump.