Typically celebrated with parades and balls, Inauguration Day is not just pomp ... On January 20, 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated as president of the United States for an unprecedented ...
While Franklin D. Roosevelt continued the tradition of an outdoor ceremony for his historic fourth inauguration in 1945, it was not held at the Capitol but instead on the South Portico of the ...
A president’s inauguration is a historic day, where scores of Americans travel across the country to see their new president get sworn in and give their first speech as commander in chief.
Roosevelt took office back in 1937. Inauguration Days were previously ... Inauguration Day took place on March 4 or 5 (if the 4th fell on a weekend) of each year until the 20th Amendment was ...