The inauguration is really about swearing in the next president, but first ladies throughout history have stolen the show with their inaugural gowns.

This year, Inauguration Day falls on Monday, Jan. 20. In honor of the day, you’ll find a collection of stirring Inauguration Day quotes spoken by U.S. presidents or poets during inaugurations dating ...

POPULIST presidential candidate Donald J. Trump triumphed in the US elections in 2024. On January 20, 2025, Donald J. Trump returns to office, serving as the 47th President of the United States ...

Speaker Mike Johnson ordered flags to be raised temporarily, despite tradition dictating that flags should be at half-staff to mourn a former president.

Even Richard Nixon was honorable enough that he ordered the flag at half-staff for his own inauguration. Not Trump.

Calvin Coolidge's 1925 inauguration was the first to be broadcast on radio. Harry Truman's 1949 inauguration was the first to be televised. Barack Obama's 2009 inauguration was the first to be ...

Most new presidents offer grace notes to the wider world. In his 1949 inaugural address, President Harry Truman offered a promise of significant material aid to a war-ravaged international community.

“Every presidential inauguration from 1949 to President ... had a chance encounter with President-elect Harry Truman, who was walking down Pennsylvania Ave. and saw the duo decorating a store ...

Harry Truman became the first president to have his inauguration broadcast live that year. More than a decade later, John F. Kennedy had his address broadcast in color for the estimated 500,000 ...