
United States presidential inauguration facts for kids
(Redirected from Inauguration Day)
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.
Images for kids
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Presidential inauguration at the western front of the U.S. Capitol (Barack Obama, 2009)
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Presidential inauguration at the eastern front of the U.S. Capitol (Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965)
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Inauguration Day 2005: President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush lead the inaugural parade down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House
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Inauguration platform under construction for Woodrow Wilson's first inauguration in 1913
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Bill Clinton takes the oath of office from Chief Justice William Rehnquist during his 1993 presidential inauguration on January 20, 1993.
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The Reverend Donn Moomaw delivers the invocation at the first inauguration of Ronald Reagan, 1981.
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The Inaugural parade on Pennsylvania Avenue passes the presidential reviewing stand in front of the White House in January 2005.
