America’s major events told through the words of its leaders, since the widespread adoption of the film camera as a communication tool. Through the speeches of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, to Martin Luther King, Jr. to Barack Obama, a look at the major moments that have defined the modern history of the United States. Subscribe to TDC: https://www.youtube.com/TheDailyConversation/ Watch the full speeches: Franklin Delano Roosevelt March 4, 1933 “The Only Thing We Have To Fear Is Fear Itself” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX_v0zxM23Q FDR December 8, 1941 Pearl Harbor, “A Date Which Will Live In Infamy” http://youtube.com/watch?v=lK8gYGg0dkE Harry Truman August 6, 1945 Hiroshima https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN_UJJ9ObDs Dwight Eisenhower January 17, 1961 The Military Industrial Complex https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJd5oG4t1fg John F. Kennedy January 20, 1961 JFK’s Inaugural Address http://youtube.com/watch?v=fSZSbIAZlpQ JFK June 26, 1963 “Ich Bin Ein Berliner” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK907TwM7q0 Martin Luther King, Jr. August 28, 1963 “I Have A Dream” youtube.com/watch?v=n82rgdbM9G4 Lyndon Baines Johnson March 15, 1965 LBJ’s Voting Rights Speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNjlwwf2K9g LBJ January 12, 1966 Vietnam War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j17cDGMRM1U MLK April 3, 1968 “I’ve Been To The Mountaintop” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oehry1JC9Rk Robert F. Kennedy April 4, 1968 RFK Announces MLK’s Passing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT3Hp9kSrpA Richard Nixon August 9, 1974 Nixon Resigns Amid Watergate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLHc8NR_v-8 Ronald Reagan January 28, 1986 Challenger Disaster http://youtube.com/watch?v=F1W_P2qmemM Ronald Reagan June 12, 1987 At the Berlin Wall: “Tear Down This Wall” http://youtube.com/watch?v=lZNttC-xCMA George H.W. Bush January 17, 1991 The Gulf War Against Saddam Hussein and Iraq https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFrnQHaQWoA Bill Clinton January 27, 2000 The 2000 State Of The Union http://youtube.com/watch?v=vg_qI3yzCLk George W. Bush September 14, 2001 9/11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtVMHjygw8Y Barack Obama November 4, [More]