Inauguration Day didn’t always take place in January. Initially, Congress intended for the day to be honored in March.

inauguration Day was on March 4 because president-elects back then needed extra transition time. But that long gap also left the country vulnerable and that leads us to the 20th Amendment of the ...

Before the amendment's passing in 1933, presidential terms began on March 4. This year, Inauguration Day falls on the same day as Martin Luther King Jr. Day. MLK Day, which celebrated King's ...

Prior to that, Inauguration Day took place on March 4 or 5 (if the 4th fell on a weekend). The first-ever presidential inauguration of George Washington was supposed to take place on the first ...

The country was preparing to select its first president and host its new leader’s Inauguration Day in the temporary capital of New York City on March 4, 1789. However, an exceptionally bitter winter ...

That title goes to William H. Taft's presidential inauguration in 1909. That year, the ceremony was still being held on March 4, but based on the weather that day, you would never guess the date ...

WASHINGTON — The DMV is bracing for a bitterly cold Inauguration Day. Donald Trump will be sworn in as president during an inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025 with wind chills in the single digits and ...

Inauguration Day 2025 is shaping up to be a cold one in ... The inauguration also used to happen on March 4, but changed to January 20 in 1937, with the second inauguration of Franklin D.

Congress originally established March 4 as Inauguration Day. The date was moved to Jan. 20 with the passage of the 20th Amendment in 1933.

Before the amendment's passing in 1933, presidential terms began on March 4. This year, Inauguration Day falls on the same day as Martin Luther King Jr. Day. MLK Day, which celebrated King's birthday ...

WASHINGTON — The DMV is bracing for a bitterly cold Inauguration Day. Donald Trump will be sworn in as president during an inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025 with wind chills in the single digits and ...