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Historical Views on the Inauguration, a 'Holy Day in Our Civic Religion'

01/21/2013

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Historical Views on a 'Holy Day in Our Civic Religion'

Clip: 1/21/2013 | 6m 37s

Historical Views on the Inauguration, a 'Holy Day in Our Civic Religion'

How do we compare President Obama's latest inaugural address to those of presidents past? Jeffrey Brown talks to historians Richard Norton Smith of George Mason University, Annette Gordon-Reed of Harvard University and Beverly Gage of Yale University about the 57th Presidential Inauguration and the echoes found in U.S. history.

01/21/2013

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