said in his sermon to Obama and 2,200 invited guests at the inaugural prayer service at Washington National Cathedral. “This may be, this bringing together of our country, a more important issue ...

The clergy chosen by President-elect Barack Obama to pray at his inauguration fill separate symbolic roles: One is a nod to the civil rights activists who made Obama's election possible.

Bush and wife Laura. Obama did not attend pre-inauguration prayer services at St. John’s Episcopal Church and is not set to attend Trump's Inaugural Luncheon. Meanwhile, Michelle Obama shared ...

Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama ... inaugural benediction on the federal holiday that celebrates Martin Luther King ...

In this Jan. 20, 2017, file photo, then-President-elect Donald Trump looks over at then-President Barack Obama before being ... File)(AP) Inauguration Day should be a time when Americans set ...

It has hosted numerous national prayer services for the inaugural celebrations of many presidents, including Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937 and George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump twice.

At least one prayer has been offered by clergy members ... Two former first ladies were there, too, but Michelle Obama skipped the inauguration. She wasn’t with the former U.S. leaders and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s inaugural benediction on the federal holiday that celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. included an homage to the civil rights leader’s legacy.

Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were also inaugurated ... was in Washington observing the inaugural proceedings. Sewell’s prayer received widespread praise from GOP lawmakers ...