Jan 19, 2025 · As Donald Trump prepares to take office again, award-winning historian and presidential biographer Jon Meacham discusses what history shows us about the resilience of democracy against the rising ...

Oct 12, 2022 · Hated and hailed, excoriated and revered, Abraham Lincoln served as President of the United States in an existential hour. Other Presidents have been confronted with momentous decisions—of...

Jon Ellis Meacham (/ ˈ m iː tʃ ə m /; born May 20, 1969) is an American writer, reviewer, historian and presidential biographer who is serving as the Canon Historian of the Washington National Cathedral since November 7, 2021.

The inauguration was a quiet affair. Sixty years ago this week, on Jan. 20, 1945—a cold Saturday in Washington—Europe had been at war for nearly six years, America for just over three.

Jan 20, 2017 · Donald J. Trump is sworn in as president of the United States by Chief Justice John G. Roberts at the United States Capitol on Friday. Credit Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Jon...

Jan 20, 2025 · The United States will once again consider itself a growing nation — one that increases our wealth, expands our territory, builds our cities, raises our expectations, and carries our flag into ...

Jan 20, 2025 · At his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2021, 78-year-old Joe Biden gave a 21-minute speech crafted by a team of speechwriters that included Pulitzer-winning historian Jon Meacham.

Jon Meacham holds the Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Chair in the American Presidency at Vanderbilt University, where he is also a distinguished visiting professor and co-chairs the Vanderbilt Project on Unity & Democracy.

Jan 20, 2025 · What to know: Trump’s Day 1 actions: Trump turned his rally at a downtown Washington arena into a signing ceremony for executive actions that his new administration is taking to institute major policy changes.Follow the AP’s campaign promises tracker.; Trump’s inaugural speech: Trump’s second inaugural address promised massive national success, pledging an expansion of U.S. territory ...

Jan 20, 2025 · Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th President of the United States following a series of events across Washington DC. "The golden age of America begins right now," he said in his first ...