Although there was a Bible present, he did not place his left hand on it for some reason, perhaps religious. His right hand was raised, however.
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If you are an American, during the playing of the National Anthem, you should stand, face the flag, and place your right hand over your heart. Veterans and members of the military MAY render the hand salute instead if they wish. If you are not an American (or if an American, but present at the playing of some OTHER country's national anthem) you should stand, stay respectfully quiet, but do not place hand on heart.
Many different scribes; but they all generally copied portions of the Bible and not the whole lot.
Google "left-handed-oath". There is a saying that when you swear with you left hand you do not intend to keep the oath. The left hand is considered 'unclean'- before toilet paper people wiped with their left hand. Therefore, when eating, or shaking someone's hand, you always used your right hand.
His vertical reach displacement during a jump from running 45.76 in., during a 1 hand dunk 41.70 in. and during a 2 hand dunk 40.93 in. These were his results when he was at UNC.
The parade that takes place on inauguration day is not written in the constitution.
One was the bible that President Abraham Lincoln used in his first inauguration. The other was a "traveling bible" that Dr. Martin Luther King used to carry with him.
Yes, of course. Barack Obama has always been sworn in using a Bible (Old and New Testament). There is no reason to believe he would do anything different from what he has always done since first getting into politics.
Barack Obama had his hand on Abraham Lincoln's Bible at both of his inaugurations, and in 2013 he also had his hand on a Bible that was owned by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inauguration is when the new president puts his hand on the Bible, and swares to follow the laws and to be a good leader.
The Holy Bible. Today (January 20, 2009), President Obama was sworn in with his hand on the same bible used at the inauguration of President Lincoln.
The left hand is placed on the Bible and the right hand is raised.
Inauguration is when the new president puts his hand on the Bible, and swares to follow the laws and to be a good leader.
Tom Robinson places his hand on the Bible and takes an oath to tell the truth before testifying in court.
It is all a big waste. It should cost $50 or less to purchase the Bible he puts his left hand on and swears to server. Or is he even going to swear on a Bible this year? The Gov't earmarks $15 million for this, why spend more?
Since oaths are sworn with the raised right hand, the left hand is the only one left to place on the Bible, thus swearing or affirming on the Bible. I think it is not so much significance of the left hand, but that the right hand is always raised for the oath - so the left is the only one left!
He firstly on his in inauguration placed his hand on the Bible and added "so help me God" to the end of his oath. Also, he stepped down after 2 terms, which every president had done except for FDR