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