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5 Surprising Facts About U.S. Presidential Inaugurations | National Geographic


empower Eurasian day didn’t always
happen in Washington DC the first took
place in 1789 in New York City the
temporary capital of the newly formed
United States
the Constitution originally set
inauguration day to be unmarked forth
it wasn’t until 1937 when it was an end
to January 20th the oath of office which
swears in the new president is short
enough to fit on to two tweets
presidents are not required to be sworn
in with a Bible but only two out of 44
presidents have been sworn in without
the shortest inaugural address was
George Washington’s at just 135 words
the longest was William Henry Harrison’s
at about 8,500 words it lasted almost
two hours
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