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Before Inauguration Day, the president-elect will name a Presidential Inaugural Committee. This committee is the legal entity responsible for fundraising for and the planning and coordination of all official events and activities surrounding the inauguration of president and vice president (other than the ceremony), such as the balls and parade.
This was the 37th inauguration, and marked the commencement of the first term of Franklin D. Roosevelt as president and John Nance Garner as vice president. It was also the most recent inauguration to be held on the constitutionally prescribed date of March 4, as the 20th Amendment, ratified earlier that year, moved Inauguration Day to January ...
The first inaugural address was subsequently delivered by Washington in the Senate chamber, [7] running 1,419 words in length. [11] At this time there were no inaugural balls on the day of the ceremony, though a week later, on May 7, a ball was held in New York City to honor the first President. [17]
Biden then delivered his first presidential address to the country, with the theme “America United.” Inauguration Day: Watch Biden's First Speech as President, Plus His and VP Harris' Swearing ...
President Donald Trump delivered his as first speech as commander in chief on Inauguration Day Friday morning.
A social media graphic from the Biden Inaugural Committee regarding the National Day of Service. Two days before Inauguration Day, January 18, 2021, was Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday that recognizes Dr. King's birthday.
Maya Angelou read an original poem "On the Pulse of Morning," becoming the first poet to address an inauguration since Robert Frost spoke at John F. Kennedy's in 1961.
Obama delivered his inaugural address to the crowds as the president of the United States following his swearing-in ceremony. [94] Poet Elizabeth Alexander then delivered the inaugural poem, "Praise Song for the Day", [84] [95] and civil rights activist Joseph Lowery, minister of the United Methodist Church, delivered the benediction. [96]