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In the United States, the inauguration of the president is the day after an election when a new president-elect is made President. The person has to take an official oath to try to be a good leader. Up until 1933, this day was March 4, but now it is January 20.

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  • Inauguration-01-20-2009

    Presidential inauguration at the western front of the U.S. Capitol facing the National Mall (site since Reagan in 1981) – Barack Obama, January 20, 2009

  • President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush Lead the Inaugural Parade down Pennsylvania Avenue en Route the White House

    Inauguration Day, January 20, 2005: President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush lead the inaugural parade from the Capitol, down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House

  • President Ronald Reagan Being Sworn in for a Second Term by Chief Justice Warren Burger as Nancy Reagan Observes during the Private Ceremony at the White House

    President Reagan is sworn in "privately" on television, January 20, 1985

  • Wilson-inaug

    Inauguration platform under construction for Woodrow Wilson's first inauguration in 1913

  • Invocation at 1981 Reagan inauguration

    The Reverend Donn Moomaw delivers the invocation at the first inauguration of Ronald Reagan, 1981.

  • Angelou at Clinton inauguration

    Maya Angelou delivering her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993

  • 2009 Obama inauguration luncheon

    Barack Obama's 2009 inaugural luncheon

  • Garfield inauguration

    Grandstand ticket to the Inaugural Parade for President Herbert Hoover, March 4, 1929

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    Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Joe Biden, and Jill Biden at the 2013 National Prayer Service

  • 170117-SAFE-Boat-Patrol-GF-573 (32224875122)

    A U.S. Customs and Border Protection boat patrolling the waterways around Washington, D.C. prior to the inauguration of Donald Trump

  • Presidential Medals 019

    A presidential medal from the inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt in 1905

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