According to the secret 1969 protocol, what was the president
Chapter 1

Healing nations in crisis

Chapter 2

Speeches that launched the future

Chapter 3

Secrets of the speechwriters

Chapter 4

Speeches of global defiance

Ch 3 · Secrets of the speechwriters
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schopenhauer The political battle over Ronald Reagan's Berlin Wall speech.

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schopenhauer President Richard Nixon had a secret speech for a moon disaster.

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The moon disaster speech that was never read

schopenhauer The draft prepared the president to address the nation if Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin remained stranded on the Moon.

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Which speechwriter drafted the secret 'In Event of Moon Disaster' speech for President Richard Nixon?

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According to the secret 1969 protocol, what was the president supposed to do before addressing the public if the Moon landing failed?

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Fun Fact

Pencil power: FDR's hand-written draft of the 'Infamy' speech shows he also changed the word 'simultaneously' to 'unexpectedly' to emphasize the surprise of the attack.

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schopenhauer President Franklin D. Roosevelt edited his famous Pearl Harbor speech.

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FDR's last-minute edit to the Day of Infamy

schopenhauer Roosevelts pencil edit transformed his historic December 8 1941 address to Congress

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How long after the Pearl Harbor attack did FDR deliver his famous 'Day of Infamy' speech to Congress?

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What phrase did Franklin D. Roosevelt cross out to write 'infamy' in his 1941 address?

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Glossary
speechwriter (noun)
A person who is employed to write speeches for another person to deliver. In 1921, Warren G. Harding hired Judson Welliver, who became the first official presidential speechwriter.

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Tear Down This Talk
BETA

schopenhauer Decode famous presidential speeches to learn how historic words changed the world.

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Quiz

At which historic monument in Berlin did Ronald Reagan deliver his famous 1987 speech?

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Which government department repeatedly tried to delete the 'Tear down this wall' line from Reagan's speech?

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Gossip

Who has the hardest job?

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schopenhauer The second presidential inaugural address of George Washington

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Approximately how many words did George Washington use in his second inaugural address?

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In which city did George Washington deliver his record-breaking shortest inaugural address in 1793?

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