12 memorable moments from past State of the Union addresses

Here are the presidential speeches that have truly endured

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives the State of the Union address in 1941.
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(Image credit: (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)President James Monroe, 1823.)

(Image credit: (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)James Polk, 1848.)

(Image credit: (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)President Abraham Lincoln, 1862.)

(Image credit: (AP Photo)President Franklin Roosevelt, 1941.)

(Image credit: (AP Photo)President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964.)

(Image credit: (AP Photo)President Richard Nixon, 1974.)

(Image credit: (Everett Collection Historical / Alamy Stock Photo)President Gerald Ford, 1975.)

(Image credit: (Mark Reinstein / Alamy Stock Photo)President Ronald Reagan, 1986.)

(Image credit: (AP Photo/Greg Gibson)President Bill Clinton, 1996.)

(Image credit: (AP Photo/Doug Mills, File)President George W. Bush, 2002.)

(Image credit: (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)President Barack Obama, 2010.)

Jeva Lange
Jeva Lange

Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.