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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama attended 10 official inaugural balls during the evening of January 20, 2009. [148] [149] Barack Obama wore a new tuxedo made by Hart Schaffner Marx, a Chicago-based menswear company. [142] He also wore a white bow tie, instead of the conventional black.
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.
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.
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 ...
As the nation pivots to the 2016 general election, here's a look at President Obama's first 100 days holding the highest office in the land. 44 iconic pictures of Obama's first 100 days in office ...
Barack Obama. Former President Barack Obama is set to attend the inauguration. His wife, former First Lady Michelle Obama, will not, according to an announcement by the Office of Barack and ...
The inaugural address was 2,137 words long and President Obama took 18.5 minutes to deliver it between 11:53 a.m. and 12:12 p.m. [27] In a speech "heavy on broad rhetoric and light on policy specifics" as noted by the Washington Post [27] Obama's second inaugural speech was regarded as laying out a broad liberal or progressive agenda ...
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.