Inauguration Day didn’t always take place in January. Initially, Congress intended for the day to be honored in March.

inauguration Day was on March 4 because president-elects back then needed extra transition time. But that long gap also left the country vulnerable and that leads us to the 20th Amendment of the ...

Before the amendment's passing in 1933, presidential terms began on March 4. This year, Inauguration Day falls on the same day as Martin Luther King Jr. Day. MLK Day, which celebrated King's ...

Prior to that, Inauguration Day took place on March 4 or 5 (if the 4th fell on a weekend). The first-ever presidential inauguration of George Washington was supposed to take place on the first ...

WASHINGTON — The DMV is bracing for a bitterly cold Inauguration Day. Donald Trump will be sworn in as president during an inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025 with wind chills in the single digits and ...

Johnson was sworn in by U.S. District Court Judge Sarah T. Hughes on Air Force One, just hours after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. The plane ...

Congress originally established March 4 as Inauguration Day. The date was moved to Jan. 20 with the passage of the 20th Amendment in 1933.

Before the amendment's passing in 1933, presidential terms began on March 4. This year, Inauguration Day falls on the same day as Martin Luther King Jr. Day. MLK Day, which celebrated King's birthday ...

But Inauguration Day didn’t always take place in January. Initially, Congress had set March 4, 1789 as the date “for commencing proceedings” of the new government, according to History.com.