Declaring (inaugurating) saints as been a practice of the Church since the earliest days. However, local bishops can no longer declare saints. Only the pope can do that after recommendation from the Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
His inauguration will begin at 11:oo am
About noon EST/11 a.m. CST.
11:30 AM Eastern Standard Time
Barack Obama will begin his second term on January 20, 2013. Some 800,000 people are expected to come to Washington to witness the inauguration.
He will move into the White House and then have his ball. Then he will begin his duty as president of the United States.
US presidential inaugurations begin at noon EST on January 20th.
Since the ratification of the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1933, U.S. presidential and vice-presidential terms always begin/end on the 20th of January. However, when that day has fallen on a Sunday, the President took the Oath of Office privately on the 20th then again publicly on the 21st. Inauguration Day has fallen on a Sunday three times since 1933: in 1957 (Pres. Eisenhower's second inauguration), in 1985 (Pres. Reagan's second inauguration) and in 2013 (Pres. Obama's second inauguration).
April 30,1789-George Washington inauguration March 4,1797-John Adams inauguration March 4,1801-Thomas Jefferson inauguration March 4,1809-James Madison inauguration March 4,1817-James Monroe inauguration March 4,1825-John Quincy Adams inauguration March 4,1829-Andrew Jackson inauguration March 4,1837-Martin Van Buren inauguration March 4,1841-William Henry Harrison inauguration April 6,1841-John Tyler inauguration March 4,1845-James K.Polk inauguration March 4,1849-Zachary Taylor inauguration July 10,1850-Millard Fillmore inauguration March 4,1853-Franklin Pierce inauguration March 4,1857-James Buchanan inauguration March 4,1861-Abraham Lincoln inauguration April 15,1865-Andrew Johnson inauguration March 4,1869-Ulysses S.Grant inauguration March 4,1877-Rutherford B.Hayes inauguration March 4,1881-James A.Garfield inauguration September 20,1881-Chester A.Arthur inauguration
Inauguration.
Alpha, Birth, Kickoff, Inauguration and many more. A synonym for "started" is "began," also "initiated"
Inauguration Day has been January 20 since Franklin D. Roosevelt's second inauguration in 1937. From 1793 through 1933, Inauguration Day had been March 4. The 20th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, which was ratified in January, 1933, changed not only the Inauguration Day of the President and Vice President but also changed the date on which the terms of Senators and Representatives begin and end from March 4 to January 3.
It has not happened yet, January 20th 2009 is the official U.S. president inauguration day and it has been January 20th since Franklin D. Roosevelt's second inauguration in 1938, which changed the date from March 4. That's a Tuesday. Starts at 12:00 PM with Vice Pres. inauguration first, then Pres. before noon The inaugural ceremony takes place on January 20, 2009.