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The 2009 Presidential Inaugural Committee organized several other inauguration‑related events at the direction of the president‑elect and vice president‑elect of the United States, such as the train ride, concerts, parade, balls and prayer service.
Salute to Heroes Inaugural Ball, sponsored by the American Legion to recognize recipients of the Medal of Honor. The ball was started as an inaugural event during President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s first inauguration in 1953. Obama was unable to attend this ball, making him the first president since Eisenhower to not attend.
First president to ride to and from his inauguration in a car. [33] First president to appoint a former president (William Howard Taft) to the Supreme Court. [223] First president to give his inaugural address over an amplified system. [221] First president to own and install a radio in the White House. [221] First president to learn to drive a ...
January 20, 2009 was a cold day in Washington D.C., with temperatures hovering right below freezing, but an estimated 1.8 million people flooded onto the National Mall to see incoming President ...
Former President Barack Obama waves after finishing his first inaugural address in 2009. He took office at a time of national peril: The Great Recession had devastated the economy and the US was ...
Barack Obama and Michelle Obama at the We Are One concert event. We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial was a public celebration of the then forthcoming inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States at the Lincoln Memorial and the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on January 18, 2009.
The inauguration of Barack Obama as president is more than a key moment in history. For presidential memorabilia collectors, it's another jump-start to the Obama souvenir market that has grown ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 06:55, 21 January 2017: 3,863 × 2,576 (4.91 MB): Gage {{Information |Description=President Donald J. Trump shakes hands with the 44th President of the United States, Barack H. Obama during the 58th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2017.