Presidential Inaugurations

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Presidential Inaugurations

• Presidential inaugurations are a time when all
  Americans can celebrate. There is much to
  celebrate for because a new president is taking
  over the presidency with fresh ideas and insights
  that will help all Americans.

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Inauguration dates were in March and now they are
in January. Why did the date change?

• In 18th-century America it seemed reasonable to
  set aside four months between the election and
  the inauguration. This would provide enough time
  to tally the votes, to have the electoral college
  members send their ballots to Washington, and for
  the president-elect to organize the new
  government.
• But in the modern world of communications and
  politics, four months was an eternity in which
  crises could arise or the outgoing administration
  could do untold amounts of mischief. In 1933 the
  Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution changed
  the date of presidential inaugurations from March
  4 to January 20.

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Part One Inauguration Parade

• The manner in which a new president arrives at
  the Capitol to take the oath of office and then
  returns to the White House is decided with great
  care. Every gesture and decision will be analyzed
  by the public and the press.
• Should the party follow traditions or set a new
  precedent? Should the carriage be fancy or
  plain? Should the dress be conservative or
  fashionable? Should the president ride back to
  the White House in regal splendor or walk as a
  man of the people? The impression made sets the
  tone for the next four years in office.

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1857

• James Buchanan's inauguration
• procession.

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1873

• Ulysses S. Grant purchased this carriage from
  Meeks Carriage and Wagon Repository during his
  first term in the White House and rode in it to
  his second inauguration in 1873. Meeks bought
  back the carriage after Grant left office, and it
  was used in several parades and historic
  celebrations before being donated to the
  Smithsonian in 1968.

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1977

• Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter walking down
  Pennsylvania Avenue during the inaugural parade,
  January 20, 1977

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2005

• This is the military parade that led George and
  Laura Bush for the 2005 inauguration.

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Part Two Taking the Oath

• The Oath of Office 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.
• Article 2, Section 1 of the Constitution requires
  that before presidents can assume their duties
  they must take the oath of office. The completion
  of this thirty-five-word oath ends one
  president's term and begins the next.

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April 1789-George Washington

• George Washington is sworn in as the first
  president.

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1865

• President Lincoln Taking the Oath at His Second
  Inauguration, March 4, 1865.

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1985

• President Reagan took the oath of office on
  January 21, 1985 because January 20th fell on a
  Sunday.

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2005

• George Bush took is second oath of office on
  January 20, 2005.

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Part Three Inaugural ball

• Following the swearing in ceremony, an
  inaugural ball is held. The kind of ball depends
  on what the president wants. President Jimmy
  Carter said the words Inaugural Ball was to
  formal so he called it an Inaugural Party.
  Bill Clinton held 14 Inaugural Balls in 1993.
• In the past citizens could pay to get into the
  Inaugural Ball. In 1845, President James Polk
  sold tickets for 2.00 a person to get in the
  ball. Now, only invited guest are allowed to
  attend the ball.

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1845

• Scrambling for supper at James Polks Inaugural
  Ball in 1845 (remember it cost 2.00 a person to
  get in which was a lot of money back than).

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1953

• Mamie Eisenhower's inaugural gownMamie
  Eisenhower dressed in her favorite color for her
  husband's first inaugural ball in 1953. Designed
  by Nettie Rosenstein, the gown embroidered with
  more than 2,000 rhinestones.

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1993

• Bill Clinton playing the saxophone at his ball
  in 1993.

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2005

• President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura
  Bush wave while daughters Barbara and Jenna look
  on as they attend the Inauguration Ball at the
  Washington Hilton.

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Interesting Inauguration Facts

• George Washingtons inauguration was held in New
  York City on April 30, 1789.
• Inauguration Day was changed to January 20, from
  March 4, in 1933 by the passage of the Twentieth
  Amendment to the US Constitution.
• Bill Clintons, January 20, 1997, inauguration
  was the first inauguration to be broadcast live
  over Internet.
• George Washington gave the shortest inaugural
  address in history. (135 words)
• In 1865, Abraham Lincoln was the first president
  to include African-Americans in his inaugural
  parade.
• In 1917, Woodrow Wilson was the first president
  to include women in his inaugural parade.
• When January 20 is on a Sunday, the
  president-elect usually takes the oath of office
  privately and then repeats the ceremony in public
  on Monday.

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The Presidents Life after Inauguration

• The president is very busy and is highly guarded
  by The Secret Service.

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The Oval Office

• The president conducts business inside the white
  house in the Oval Office.

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The White House

• The president and his family lives in the White
  House in Washington, DC

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The President Travels

• Air Force One

• Marine One

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Rare President Facts

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• Ulysses Simpson Grant once got a 20.00 fine for
  speeding on his horse. (1869)
• When William McKinley's wife Ida McKinley became
  first lady of the White House, she hated the
  color yellow so much that she made it a White
  House yellow-free zone. She even ordered the
  gardeners to yank every yellow flower out of the
  garden grounds. (1897)

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• Herbert Hoover was the first president to have a
  telephone on his desk. (1929)
• Theodore Roosevelt was the first president to
  fly in an airplane. (1901)
• The first president to fly across the Atlantic
  Ocean while in office was Woodrow Wilson. (1917)
• Warren Harding was the first president to speak
  in the radio, and to have one in the White House.
  (1921)
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt was also the first
  president to appear on T.V. (1933)

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• James K. Polk's inauguration was the first to be
  reported by telegraph. (1845)
• President William McKinley had a pet parrot that
  he named Washington Post. (1897)
• President William Taft kept a cow on the White
  House lawn to supply him with fresh milk. He was
  the last president to do so. (1909)

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• Bill Clinton was the first left-handed U.S.
  president to serve two terms. (1993)
• Franklin Pierce was the first United States
  president to decorate an official White House
  Christmas tree. (1853)
• George Washington was the first U.S. president
  to appear on a postage stamp.

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• Harry Truman was the first U.S. president to
  travel underwater in a modern submarine. (1945)
• Woodrow Wilson is the only president buried at
  Washington D.C.
• Dwight David Eisenhower was the first American
  president to hold an airplane pilot's license.
• Dwight Eisenhower was responsible for creating
  NASA.