Showing posts with label presidential inaugurations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label presidential inaugurations. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Historical inaugurations.

On this inauguration day you can take a historical look at the inauguration and various past swearing-in ceremonies from the Senate, as well as view the Obama inauguration and take a guided tour of Blair House, dubbed "the president's guest house," on C-Span.

About the photo: Harper's Weekly illustration of Theodore Roosevelt's inauguration address, 1905. TR is reported to have worn a ring to the inaugural that contained some hair from Abraham Lincoln, which was loaned to him by former Lincoln secretary John Hay.