A Signed Copy of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Second Inaugural Address
“Thus may the weight of fear and the weight of arms be taken from the burdened shoulders of mankind.".
In 1956, Eisenhower handily defeated Adlai Stevenson in a campaign that would be considered unthinkably civil and issue-oriented today. Ike took the oath of office in a private ceremony in the East Room of the White House on Sunday, January 20, 1957; the Inaugural festivities occurred the next day.
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In 1956, Eisenhower handily defeated Adlai Stevenson in a campaign that would be considered unthinkably civil and issue-oriented today. Ike took the oath of office in a private ceremony in the East Room of the White House on Sunday, January 20, 1957; the Inaugural festivities occurred the next day.
Document Signed, a copy of his second Inaugural Address, delivered in Washington, January 21, 1957, 5 pages. The Second Inaugural contained language that was visionary, predicting that one day Eastern Europe would be free; Ike even extended an olive branch to the Soviet Union: “We honor the aspirations of those nations which, now captive, long for freedom. We seek neither their military alliance nor any artificial imitation of our society. And they can know the warmth of the welcome that awaits them when, as must be, they join again the ranks of freedom. We honor, no less in this divided world than in a less tormented time, the people of Russia. We do not dread, rather do we welcome, their progress in education and industry. We wish them success in their demands for more intellectual freedom, greater security before their own laws, fuller enjoyment of the rewards of their own toil. For as such things come to pass, the more certain will be the coming of that day when our peoples may freely meet in friendship. So we voice our hope and our belief that we can help to heal this divided world. Thus may the nations cease to live in trembling before the menace of force. Thus may the weight of fear and the weight of arms be taken from the burdened shoulders of mankind. This, nothing less, is the labor to which we are called and our strength dedicated. And so the prayer of our people carries far beyond our own frontiers, to the wide world of our duty and our destiny. May the light of freedom, coming to all darkened lands, flame brightly–until at last the darkness is no more. May the turbulence of our age yield to a true time of peace, when men and nations shall share a life that honors the dignity of each, the brotherhood of all.” A scarce signed inaugural address from the Forbes Collection.
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