STLtoday – STLtoday – MultiMedia – History of Inauguration Day.
See the inauguration speech comparison word clouds. They are fascinating, for example, Geo. Washington used “government” the most. Geo. Bush used “freedom” the most. FDR’s first inaugural did not have a single big word…this is a great form of contextual journalism. Thanks to Erica Smith for info on the cool feature via a great live chat.
Word clouds show the 150 words that were used the most in the speech – the larger the word, the more times it was said. Common words, such as “and,” “the,” and “it” are not included. President George Washington’s second inauguaral address was only 133 words; it is not represented with a word cloud.
Barbara K Iverson 