20th Century

1900 - 1949

• Second Inaugural Address: William McKinley (March 4, 1901)
• First Inaugural Address: Theodore Roosevelt (March 4, 1905)
• Conservation as a National Duty: Theodore Roosevelt (May 13, 1908)
• 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Federal Income Tax (February 3, 1913)
• First Inaugural Address of Woodrow Wilson (March 4, 1913)
• 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Direct Election of Senators (April 8, 1913)
• Appeal For Neutrality (World War I): Woodrow Wilson (August 19, 1914)
• Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick: Theodore Roosevelt (September 23, 1914)
• Second Inaugural Address of Woodrow Wilson (March 5, 1917)
• "Peace Without Victory" Speech by Woodrow Wilson (January 22, 1917)
• Joint Address to Congress Leading to a Declaration of War: World War I (April 2, 1917)
• Fourteen Points of Woodrow Wilson (January 8, 1918)
• 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Prohibition (January 19, 1919)
• National Prohibition Act / Volstead Act (October 28, 1919)
• Clear and Present Danger, Justice Wendell Holmes (November 10, 1919)
• 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women's Right to Vote (August 18, 1920)
• First Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt (March 4, 1933)
• Christmas Greeting to the Nation: Franklin D Roosevelt (December 24, 1935)
• Second Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt (January 20, 1937)
• Albert Einstein's Letter to F.D.R.: Nuclear Bomb (August 2, 1939)
• WV State Board of Education vs. Barnett: Flag Salute in Public Schools (June 3, 1940)
• Four Freedoms Speech: President Franklin D. Roosevelt (January 6, 1941)
• Third Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt (January 20, 1941)
• Congress Establishes Thanksgiving (October 6, 1941)
• President Franklin D Roosevelt Executive Order 9066: Relocation of Japanese (February 19, 1942)
• WV State Board of Education Flag Salute Rule Voided (June 15, 1943)
• D-Day Proclamation by General Dwight D. Eisenhower (June 6, 1944)
• Fourth Inaugural Address: Franklin D. Roosevelt (January 20, 1945)
• Truman Doctrine (March 12, 1947)
• U.S. Recognition of Israel (May 14, 1948)
• First Inaugural Address of Harry S. Truman (January 29, 1949)
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) (April 4, 1949)
• Christmas Address at Tree Lighting Ceremony: Harry S Truman (December 24, 1949)

1950 - 1999

• President Harry Truman's Korean War Statement (June 27, 1950)
• First Inaugural Address: Dwight Eisenhower (January 20, 1953)
• Brown vs. Board of Education (May 17, 1954)
• Veterans Day Proclamation: Dwight Eisenhower (October 8, 1854)
• Second Inaugural Address: Dwight Eisenhower (January 21, 1957)
• Eisenhower Doctrine (January 5, 1957)
• Inaugural Address: John F Kennedy (January 20, 1961)
• Engel v. Vitale: Prayer in Public Schools (June 25, 1962)
• Roe v Wade: Abortion (January 22, 1973)
• Treaty of Paris Peace Accords: Vietnam War (January 24, 1973)
• United States vs. Nixon (July 24, 1974)
• First Inaugural Address: Ronald Reagan (January 20, 1981)
• Christmas Address to the Nation: Ronald Reagan (December 23, 1981)
• Lynch vs Donnelly: Christmas Displays on Government Property (March 5, 1984)
• Second Inaugural Address: Ronald Reagan (January 21, 1985)
• Tear Down This Wall: Ronald Reagan (June 12, 1987)
• First Inaugural Address: William J Clinton (January 20, 1993)
• Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (November 16, 1993)
• Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA): William J Clinton (September 21, 1996)
• Second Inaugural Address: William J Clinton (January 20, 1997)
• Articles of Impeachment Against President William J Clinton (December 19, 1998)