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Such an inauguration commonly occurs through a formal ceremony or special event, which may also include an inaugural address by the new official. The word inauguration stems from the Latin augur , which refers to the rituals of ancient Roman priests seeking to interpret if it was the will of the gods for a public official to be deemed worthy to ...
William McKinley requested the change in 1897, so that he could reiterate the words of the oath at the close of his first inaugural address. [citation needed] William Henry Harrison delivered the longest inaugural address, at 8,445 words, in 1841. John Adams' 1797 address, which totaled 2,308 words, contained the longest sentence, at 737 words.
A presidential inauguration is a ceremonial event centered on the formal transition of a new president into office, usually in democracies where this official has been elected.
President-elect Donald Trump is set to take the oath of office for a second time on Inauguration Day, becoming the first president to do so in nonconsecutive terms since Grover Cleveland. The ...
Trump said his return to the Oval Office would be the start of a new ‘Golden Age’ for the US
The speech was the shortest inaugural address since Jimmy Carter's in 1977. [67] In late December 2016, Trump told visitors that he was writing the first draft of his inaugural address, citing previous inauguration speeches by John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan as inspirations. [68]
He then launched into an inaugural address that focused on "American renewal." Read the full text of the speech below: My fellow citizens, today we celebrate the mystery of American renewal.
The Obama inaugural ceremony not only achieved the highest Internet viewership for a U.S. presidential inauguration, the inaugural event was the first to feature a live audio description of a swearing-in ceremony and the first to include closed captioning in the live webcast of the event.