Podcast S4E5: To the Best of My Ability: Presidential Inaugurations, from Washington to Biden

Off the Deaton Path

Stan looks at the history of this quadrennial event that goes back 232 years, from the Bible Washington used to the only inauguration held on an airplane, the only president sworn in by a woman, two inaugurals almost cancelled by cold weather, and why there have been 9 “non-scheduled extraordinary” inaugurations.

President John F. Kennedy takes the Oath of Office, January 20, 1961.