The worst weather for an inaugural came in March 1909, when 10 inches of snow forced William H. Taft to move indoors to be sworn in.

The inauguration of a president, which occurred Monday in Washington, D.C., is about more than one person, or more than one presidential term. It is about a republic and her people, recommitting themselves to the principles of liberty and to the sacrifices necessary to ensure that liberty is not extinguished and to ensure that the

Nearly 7,500 participants from 23 states will join the parade this year, the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee has confirmed.

The image captured crowds of onlookers standing outside the East Portico of the U.S. Capitol—which was still under construction at the time. The foreground area was actually a stone yard that had been covered with boards and used as a platform for spectators.

Garfield County Clerk Lorie Legere and her husband Jack were in Washington, D.C., Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, for the Donald Trump's inauguration as 47th president of the United States.

The inauguration ceremony would move to Washington ... attorney” passed over for a consular post shot President James A. Garfield at a Washington, D.C. railroad station. Garfield would not ...

Being sworn in outside Washington While most inauguration ceremonies in the years since have taken place in Washington, not all of them have happened there. After President James Garfield was shot ...

In the 1800s, the main job requirement for most federal employees was loyalty to the newly-elected president, who would fill the government bureaucracy with his supporters. But after a rejected office-seeker shot President James Garfield,

Elder Gary E. Stevenson and Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles attended the second inauguration of President Donald Trump, continuing a long Church tradition.

Donald J. Trump made history on Jan. 20 when he became the first convicted felon to take the presidential oath of office. Speaking from the Capitol in Washington—the same building that was infamously attacked by a howling mob of his supporters on Jan.

President Donald Trump’s second inauguration seemed normal, but there were concerns about U.S. democracy lingering just beneath the surface.

Donald Trump became the 47th American president on Monday, but the oath of office itself has been administered 73 times before to the 46 preceding chief executives.