Read all!-----Best farewell speech in my life - Don Surber

3 more days, folks. Just 3 more days 

The old president gave one of his finest speeches days before handing over the reins to a new president. The incumbent began:

Three days from now, after half a century in the service of our country, I shall lay down the responsibilities of office as, in traditional and solemn ceremony, the authority of the Presidency is vested in my successor.
This evening I come to you with a message of leave-taking and farewell, and to share a few final thoughts with you, my countrymen.
Like every other citizen, I wish the new President, and all who will labor with him, Godspeed. I pray that the coming years will be blessed with peace and prosperity for all.

The president obviously was not FJB but a far greater man—Eisenhower. 

When he said he served the nation for 50 years, he really did as he served in both world wars...