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Anniversaries in American history that fall on March 4.

1933 · Eras
FDR inaugurated; bank holiday declared
Roosevelt closes all banks for four days to halt panic withdrawals
The Great Depression
1933 · Documents / Speeches
FDR's First Inaugural Address
Franklin Roosevelt declares war on the Great Depression, March 4, 1933
FDR's First Inaugural Address
1865 · Documents / Speeches
Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
"With Malice Toward None" — Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1865
Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
1829 · Eras
Jacksonian Democracy
The 20 years of democratic expansion — and brutal exclusion — that remade American politics, 1828–1848
Jacksonian Democracy
1801 · Eras
Early Republic
The 28 years that turned a coastal experiment into a continental power, 1800–1828
Early Republic