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The State of the Union address is an annual speech delivered by the President of the United States to a joint session of Congress. This important address not only provides an update on the nation’s condition but also enables the President to present his legislative agenda and highlight national priorities that require Congressional support. This collection features recordings of addresses from Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Warren Harding. - Summary by Wikipedia

Hear live recordings of 11 US presidents, including Benjamin Harrison (23rd), William McKinley (25th), Theodore Roosevelt (26th), William H. Taft (27th), Woodrow Wilson (28th), Warren G. Harding (29th), Calvin Coolidge (30th), Herbert Hoover (31st), Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd), Harry S. Truman (34th), and Dwight D. Eisenhower (34th).

Violence and terrorism were prominent in America and Europe after World War I. In Russia, the Bolshevik closure of the democratic Constituent Assembly, the signing of the peace treaty with Germany, the massacre of the Imperial family, attacks on churches, and the Red Terror shocked the western world. Against this background, Sen. Harding stated that democracy was the future of government and that the rights of freedom impose the obligations which maintain it.

Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865-August 2, 1923) was the twenty-ninth president of the United States (1921-23), a Republican from Ohio who served in the Ohio Senate and then in the United States Senate, where he played a minor role.