American presidents’ inauguration stories: The vast Bible, the cowboy, the rooster and a pneumonia

Just a few hours left until we have a new planet leader. On 20 January the President officially takes office, launching a period of uncertainty for Europe and the rest of the world. “I swear I will faithfully perform the duties of the President of the United States and try, as best I can, to preserve, protect and defend the United States Constitution”. It is the phrase Donald Trump will say and which has been repeated every time at the US President’s inauguration ceremony since George Washington was first sworn in in 1789. CORVERSE The oath of office (Oath Of Office) was established by the American Constitution, which also determines the exact date of the ceremony: every four years on January 20. In the most important moments of the day the established parade along Pennsylvania Avenue, at the number 1600 of which is the White House. The US president’s inauguration marks the official taking over of the duties of the US president and attracts global interest. Since 1937 it has been held every four years on January 20th in the surrounding area of the Capitol (in the western facade since 1981), the seat of the legislatures (Congregation) by the US Chief Justice, who is President of the Supreme Court. The new president swears with his left hand on the Bible, with which Abraham Lincoln had sworn, and his right hand held up. The new President then gives a speech, without a specific duration. CORVERSE The speech that George Washington had delivered in 1793 after his second inauguration was only 135 words and was the smallest in duration. Instead, the largest speech ever delivered by American president after his inauguration had been addressed by William Henry Harrison, on March 4, 1841, was 8,445 words and had lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes. In fact, historian Paul Boller had described the speech as “boring”: “The largest ceremony was for William Henry Harrison in 1840. He spoke so much, not about America, but even about ancient history. It was the dullest speech ever. He was a month president, then he got sick and died of pneumonia.” Harrison, who had delivered his speech amid a heavy blizzard, without wearing a hat or coat, died a month later of pneumonia. After the ritual, the president leads a procession from the Capitol to the White House through Pennsylvania Avenue thus giving people the opportunity to see the new president of the United States in person. The new president then settles in the White House, where, based on tradition, the first thing he will see in his office is a letter from the outgoing president. The ceremony of taking over the duties of the new president is flanked by events and concerts, which begin before the inauguration and last many days after. And because the inaugurations of presidents are these and a lot can happen let’s remember some characteristic snapshots. George Washington On 7 January 1789, in the country’s first presidential election, George Washington won the support of all the electors involved. However, his first inauguration was carried out only 57 days later, as the new Congress could not until then have a quorum to receive the election results. And as if that was not enough, just before Washington was sworn in on the balcony of the Federal Hall of New York on April 30, the organizers discovered that there was no Bible. They quickly borrowed one from the nearby Masonic Lodge. When Andrew Jackson was sworn in for his first term in 1829, he welcomed his 20,000 supporters who wanted to celebrate with him at the White House. The celebrations were broken up with a fight, with broken furniture and crystals. “Ladies fainted, men seen with bloody noses and such chaos scene impossible to describe took place”. Jackson himself was forced out of chaos jumping out of a window, reports . William Henry Harrison Despite the excessive cold on the day of William Henry Harrison’s inauguration in 1841, the war hero and upcoming president refused to wear a coat, hat or gloves and insisted on returning to the White House on horseback. He also delivered the greatest speech in the history of inauguration that had an area of 8,445 words and took more than two hours. Ironically, Harrison’s presidency would prove to be the shortest in the history of the nation. In his inauguration, Harrison grabbed a cold, which evolved into pneumonia. Abraham Lincoln Before Abraham Lincoln’s second inauguration in early 1865, upcoming vice president Andrew Johnson drank some whiskey to calm down and relax. The day… he picked it up but he went too far. By the time he got up to swear, he was drunk, confused his words and chattered incoherently for about 20 minutes. Lincoln waited patiently until the embarrassing sight ended. Just a month later, Johnson will be sworn in again, this time sober and as president, after a bullet killed Lincoln at Ford Theatre. Ulysses S. Grant The day of Ulysses S. Grant’s second inauguration in March 1873 was one of the coldest days of March in Washington history. Flags along Pennsylvania Avenue froze or ripped off, while ambulances waited during the parade. Grant’s dance that night was held in a construction that had been erected for the occasion, but was not equipped for so cold and the guests did not take off their coats during the night. But that wasn’t the worst of the night: About 100 canaries, hung from the ceiling in cages, were to make cantadas, but many of them froze to death. Dwight Eisenhower During Dwight Eisenhower’s first inauguration in 1953, the president broke the tradition by reciting his own improvised prayer after the inauguration, instead of kissing the Bible. He then led a parade of inauguration in which about 62 bands and 26,000 people participated. Then a California cowboy named Monty Montana threw the lasso at the new president, as Vice President Richard Nixon watched smiling. John F. Kennedy At John F. Kennedy’s inauguration ceremony, January 1961, there was fear of possible attempted murder. The climate was tense because Kennedy was the first Catholic elected president, historical change in a, then, deeply Protestant country. A short circuit fire in the power system caused secret service men to rush to the point as they feared an assassination attempt. Kennedy, who kept his temper and smiling continued his legendary speech, was murdered two years later. Many hours after his death in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963, his vice president, Lyndon Johnson, was sworn in within the presidential aircraft, Air Force One, which was on the city airport landing-off runway. Richard Nixon. In one of the crowded dances to celebrate Richard Nixon’s second inauguration in 1973, held at Smithsonian’s Museum of History and Technology (the current National Museum of American History), a rooster escaped an exhibit and “returned” with some of the VIP guests. After a guest claimed that she was “attacked”, the museum secretary managed to catch the rooster. Jimmy Carter After being sworn in in a suit worth just $175 that he had bought a week earlier in his state of Georgia, Jimmy Carter surprised viewers when he and his family left the presidential limousine to walk to the head of his inauguration parade in January 1977. The only other president who had done such a thing was Thomas Jefferson, on the first day of his inauguration in 1803. Like Jefferson, recently deceased Jimmy Carter wanted to be considered the “president of the people” and his decision to walk on Pennsylvania Avenue is memorable. Barack Obama During Barack Obama’s first inauguration in 2009, he and Chief Justice John Roberts became involved, while Roberts took the oath in front of a crowd-record of nearly 2 million people. After Obama accidentally interrupted Roberts, the chief judge, who did not use notes, confused the wording of the oath. As Obama then repeated Roberts’ incorrect wording, the constitutionalists questioned that he had sworn correctly. Obama and Roberts ended up repeating everything from the beginning to the White House the next day, this time without any problem. Donald Trump (first term) “End of words, it’s time for the act,” United States President Donald Trump said from the stand in 2014 stressing that power is transferred from Washington to the people. Donald Trump arrived at the White House, for the last meeting he would have with outgoing president Barack Obama before vowing a new president of the United States. In the morning Barack and Michelle Obama welcomed the White House the Trump couple a few hours before the inauguration of the new US president on the steps of the Capitol. Obama and Trump exchanged handshakes at the threshold of the presidential palace. Melania and Michelle exchanged secessions and the future first lady gave the hostess a gift, a fairly large box from the well-known Tiffany & Co store in New York City. Melanie’s gift caused some embarrassment, as it was a gesture out of protocol and for that reason there was no one to take the box out of Michelle Obama’s hands. The two Marines guarding the entrance, as they were due, remained in place and could not help the first lady. So Barack Obama intervened, who took the box and carried it into the hall, into the White House. In the same inauguration, while Trump made his first speech as president of the US, the performance had already been stolen by former president, George Bush. Behind Trump, however, he had a hard time making it. However, this did not prevent him from listening to what Trump was saying because, according to the story, immediately after the inauguration he approached Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and whispered to her by commenting on Trump’s speech as “a bunch of weird bullshit. ” Joe Biden U.S. 46th President Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony in January 2021 in the Capitol was not an ordinary brilliant ceremony as it took place during the COVID – 19 pandemic and in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol uprising by extreme Trump fans. Trump was shown missing from the ceremony of his successor’s inauguration, which he attended from his villa in Florida having left behind at the White House only a letter to Biden. A century and a half had to do this in American political history – since 1869 when Andrew Johnson refused to attend Ulysses Grant’s inauguration. The… the trumps of that night include Senator Bernie Sanders’s knitted gloves that pulled all their eyes on them and then became tattoos, jackets, blouses and more. Sanders, a former rival of Biden in the Republican party nomination qualifiers, was among the few guests at the ceremony, where he stood out due to his clothing. He appeared in a dark khaki jacket (and not in a suit or coat, like everyone else), huge, wool gloves with drawings and a yellow envelope of paramachala. “ Bernie went to the inauguration because he was on his way to the pharmacy, ” commented a user online, overwhelmed by funny memes of the 79 – year – old senator. But his wife revealed that the jacket was a Christmas present from their son. In terms of clothing, the huge skirt of Lady Gaga made a special impression. The pop star came up on stage with a plentiful evening set in blue and red of the house Schiaparelli – with many commenting that the skirt is ideal for keeping the distances due to the pandemic – and an impressive golden bird with the branch on the mouth – symbol of elegance and peace – that decorated her pet. The Biden oath had a perfume of Greece brought by poet Amanda Gorman who appeared on the stage with a pair of gold earrings by the Greek bizutier, Nikos Koulis, from his collection Energy. But the Bible in which Joe Biden was sworn in was huge, with the yellow pages. Under certain angles, the Bible shows abnormally great. The internet round was also the image of former U.S. President Bill Clinton who appeared to be sleeping for 10 minutes after Biden was sworn in 46th President of the United States and when he began giving his first presidential speech.