What Happens on Inauguration Day

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What Happens on Inauguration Day?

• A Review of the Days Events Using Images from
  Inaugurations Past

NBPS 2009 Presidential Inauguration Lessons
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Morning Worship Service
John F. Kennedy Shakes hands with Father Richard
J. Casey after attending Mass at Holy Trinity
Church.
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Procession to the Capitol

• Taft and Roosevelt driving to the Capitol, 1909

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Vice Presidents Swearing-In Ceremony

• Vice-President Wheeler Taking the Oath of Office
  in the Senate Chamber

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Presidential Swearing-In Ceremony

• April 30, 1789 George Washington taking
  Inaugural oath at Federal Hall, New York, New York

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Presidential Swearing-In Ceremony, cont.
January 20, 1981Ronald Reagan's Inaugural
ceremony in progress on the Capitol's west front.
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Sarah T. Hughes, U.S. District Judge, Northern
District of Texas, administering oath of office
to Lyndon B. Johnson in the Conference Room
aboard Air Force One at Love Field, Dallas,
Texas, November 22, 1963.
Presidential Swearing-In Ceremony, cont.
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Inaugural Address
Theodore Roosevelt delivers his Inaugural
address, 1905.
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Departure of the Outgoing President

• George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush depart the U.S.
  Capitol from the East Front on January 20, 1993.

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Inaugural Luncheon
President Reagan speaking at his inaugural
luncheon in the U.S. Capitol, in Statuary Hall
January 21, 1985.
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Inaugural Parade

• The Inauguration Procession in Honor of President
  Buchanan Passing through Pennsylvania Avenue,
  Washington City, March 4th, 1857.

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What the Constitution says about the
InaugurationOath of Office

• The oath of office is found in Article II,
  section 1, clause 8 of the Constitution, which
  reads
• Before he enter on the Execution of his Office,
  he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation
  - - "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will
  faithfully execute the Office of President of the
  United States, and will to the best of my
  Ability, preserve, protect and defend the
  Constitution of the United States."

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What the Constitution says about the
InaugurationDay of Inauguration
20th Amendment COMMENCEMENT OF THE TERMS OF THE
PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, AND MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS, ETC. TWENTIETH AMENDMENT SECTION 1.
The terms of the President and Vice
President shall end at noon on the 20th day of
January, and the terms of Senators and
Representatives at noon on the 3d day of
January, of the years in which such terms would
have ended if this article had not been ratified
and the terms of their successors shall then
begin.