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By convention, incoming presidents raise their right hand and place the left on a Bible while taking the oath of office. In 1789, George Washington took the oath of office with an altar Bible borrowed from the St. John's Lodge No. 1, Ancient York Masons lodge in New York, and he kissed the Bible afterward.
The event is scheduled to take place on Monday, January 20, 2025, on the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Held on the third Monday of January, the inauguration will occur on the same day as Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which marks the third time an inauguration has occurred on the same date as the holiday.
Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase administered the presidential oath of office. This was the third non-scheduled, extraordinary inauguration to take place, and the first extraordinary inauguration in which a Chief Justice administered the oath to the new president. [2] News reports had it that the oath was administered at 11 a.m. that day. [3] [4]
Trump has broken with precedent and invited several foreign leaders to the ceremony. Historically, they have not attended the inaugural due to security concerns and have sent diplomats in their stead.
Tickets to the ceremony at the U.S. Capitol are free to the public and distributed through members of Congress. The tickets will be released to Congress members' offices starting in early January ...
Over the years, various traditions have arisen that have expanded the inauguration from a simple oath-taking ceremony to a day-long event, including parades and multiple social gatherings. The ceremony itself is carried live via the major U.S. commercial television and cable news networks; various ones also stream it live on their websites.
Some 52 new citizens take their oath of allegiance during a naturalization ceremony at the Paul Findley Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Springfield Monday, Dec. 11, 2023.
The congressional committee released the full schedule of the January 20 inaugural events on December 17, 2008. The inauguration schedule referred to the president‑elect as "Barack H. Obama", although Obama specified previously that he intended to use his full name for his swearing-in ceremony, including his middle name Hussein. [14]