US Presidential Inauguration – 10 Things you never knew…

Here is the 10 Things you never knew about the US Presidential Inauguration.

1. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first president to be inaugurated on Jan. 20 in 1937. Before that, Inauguration Day was March 4.

2. George Washington delivered the shortest inauguration speech in history-at only 135 words-during his second inauguration in 1793

3. James Buchanan’s inauguration in 1857 was the first to be photographed.

4. African-Americans first marched in the inaugural parade at Abraham Lincoln’s second swearing in 1865.

5. Women participated for the first time in an inaugural parade during Woodrow Wilson’s second inauguration in 1917.

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