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Presidential Inaugurations

This category contains questions and answers about the history of Presidential Inaugurations, the Oath of Office, and the celebrations afterward.

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What is the largest rugby union crowd ever?

Australia vs. New Zealand- 105,000 at Stadium Australia, Bledisloe Cup

Actually, that crowd figure was 109,874, and is also widely regarded as the greatest ever rugby game. This was in 2001, and the crowd at the same match-up in 1999 was over 107,000.

Is the president always been inaugurated in the same month every time?

The US Constitution amended the date of Presidential Inauguration from March to January, effective with FDR's second term. Prior to this, it took place in March. The first US President, George Washington, was inaugurated 3o April.

The first president inaugurated in January?

Until 1937, Inauguration Day was March 4th. Frank D Roosevelt being the incoming President. Since then, Inauguration Day has occurred on January 20th. In being sworn in for a second term, Roosevelt was also the first to be inaugurated in January.

Who was the president that delayed his inauguration?

Zachary Taylor declined to be inaugurated on the Sabbath, and delayed his inauguration one day.

Why can't the president just make his own decisions about everything?

Because in the constitution it clearly explains that it has to go through the House of Representatives, and then the Senate.

What are the first four lines of Maya Angelou's Inauguration poem?

A Rock, A River, A Tree

Hosts to species long since departed,

Marked the masterdonzat

The dinosaur will die, who left dry tokens

In our lives

First 4 lines of Maya angelou's inauguration poem?

"A Rock, A River, A Tree

Hosts to species long since departed,

Marked the masterdonzat

The dinosaur will die, who left dry tokens

In our lives"

- Maya 1993

Is Philippines conquered by England?

Technically yes, because England did conquer Philippines in 1762- 1764. But it was only for 2-3 years and they only conquered Manila. Hope this helped!

Where does the inauguration money come from?

LOL. It used to come from your taxes, but that has all been spent, so now we just print more money, so it comes out of a machine!

When was jeffferson Davis elected as president?

February 22, 1862, to a six year term. He had no opponent.

Before that Davis served as "provisional" President, selected by the first Confederate Congress after they had written the Confederate Constitution.

Why does it take 5 minutes or so between the time I turn on my central air and air starts to come out of the vents?

Some units have an on delay relay. This is installed to protect the compressor when a short cycling or quick on and off shuch as when the power blinks on and off. When the compressor is running it can build up a lot of pressure and be hard on the motor to start. The delay gives time for this pressure to dissipate. Often there is an adustment on the relay from around 0.3 sec. to around 10 min.

Where is inauguration day?

The presidential inauguration is in the state capitol Washington D.C.

What poem did Maya angelou write for president Clinton's inauguration?

on the pulse of morning:

A Rock, A River, A Tree

Hosts to species long since departed,

Mark the mastodon.

The dinosaur, who left dry tokens

Of their sojourn here

On our planet floor,

Any broad alarm of their of their hastening doom

Is lost in the gloom of dust and ages.

But today, the Rock cries out to us, clearly, forcefully,

Come, you may stand upon my

Back and face your distant destiny,

But seek no haven in my shadow.

I will give you no hiding place down here.

You, created only a little lower than

The angels, have crouched too long in

The bruising darkness,

Have lain too long

Face down in ignorance.

Your mouths spelling words

Armed for slaughter.

The rock cries out today, you may stand on me,

But do not hide your face.

Across the wall of the world,

A river sings a beautiful song,

Come rest here by my side.

Each of you a bordered country,

Delicate and strangely made proud,

Yet thrusting perpetually under siege.

Your armed struggles for profit

Have left collars of waste upon

My shore, currents of debris upon my breast.

Yet, today I call you to my riverside,

If you will study war no more.

Come, clad in peace and I will sing the songs

The Creator gave to me when I

And the tree and stone were one.

Before cynicism was a bloody sear across your brow

And when you yet knew you still knew nothing.

The river sings and sings on.

There is a true yearning to respond to

The singing river and the wise rock.

So say the Asian, the Hispanic, the Jew,

The African and Native American, the Sioux,

The Catholic, the Muslim, the French, the Greek,

The Irish, the Rabbi, the Priest, the Sheikh,

The Gay, the Straight, the Preacher,

The privileged, the homeless, the teacher.

They hear. They all hear

The speaking of the tree.

Today, the first and last of every tree

Speaks to humankind. Come to me, here beside the river.

Plant yourself beside me, here beside the river.

Each of you, descendant of some passed on

Traveler, has been paid for.

You, who gave me my first name,

You Pawnee, Apache and Seneca,

You Cherokee Nation, who rested with me,

Then forced on bloody feet,

Left me to the employment of other seekers--

Desperate for gain, starving for gold.

You, the Turk, the Swede, the German, the Scot...

You the Ashanti, the Yoruba, the Kru,

Bought, sold, stolen, arriving on a nightmare

Praying for a dream.

Here, root yourselves beside me.

I am the tree planted by the river,

Which will not be moved.

I, the rock, I the river, I the tree

I am yours--your passages have been paid.

Lift up your faces, you have a piercing need

For this bright morning dawning for you.

History, despite its wrenching pain,

Cannot be unlived, and if faced with courage,

Need not be lived again.

Lift up your eyes upon

The day breaking for you.

Give birth again

To the dream.

Women, children, men,

Take it into the palms of your hands.

Mold it into the shape of your most

Private need. Sculpt it into

The image of your most public self.

Lift up your hearts.

Each new hour holds new chances

For new beginnings.

Do not be wedded forever

To fear, yoked eternally

To brutishness.

The horizon leans forward,

Offering you space to place new steps of change.

Here, on the pulse of this fine day

You may have the courage

To look up and out upon me,

The rock, the river, the tree, your country.

No less to Midas than the mendicant.

No less to you now than the mastodon then.

Here on the pulse of this new day

You may have the grace to look up and out

And into your sister's eyes,

Into your brother's face, your country

And say simply

Very simply

With hope

Good morning.

When was the first televised inauguration?

Harry S Truman was the first US President whose inaugural address was televised in 1949. Coverage was much more extensive four years later when Dwight Eisenhower was inaugurated.

How many Presidents have taken a second Oath of Office?

3 have said it a 2nd time after making a mistake the 1st time. # Calvin Coolidge # Chester A. Arthur. # Barack Obama Others have said it a 2nd time when they got re-elected.