Inauguration Day Bible

At his first inauguration in 2009 as well as his second in 2013.

Inauguration day bible. Since 1937 it has taken place at noon est on january 20 the first day of the new term some 72 to 78 days after the. It was used twice by president obama and will once again be. When president elect donald trump takes his oath of office on inauguration day his hand will rest on his family bible and the abraham lincoln bible. Alex stroman the deputy director of communications for the 58th inaugural committee confirmed the picks tuesday morning.

I understand that you re disappointed and dejected. Theodore roosevelt didn t use a bible for his swearing in on sept. It also doesn t matter who holds the bible. The trump daughters and hillary clinton wear white for inauguration day the only other president to use the lincoln bible which officially belongs to the library of congress was barack.

The message of hope change and salvation is on the lips of so many people across the globe. As you might have guessed leftists are totally apoplectic at the thought of trump using the lincoln bible. 1 ancient york masons are the. President elect donald trump plans to be sworn into office on friday on the bible used by president abraham lincoln at his first inauguration as well as a family bible according to his inaugural.

The inauguration of the president of the united states is a ceremony to mark the commencement of a new four year term of the president of the united states this ceremony takes place for each new presidential term even if the president is continuing in office for a second term. The george washington inaugural bible is the bible that was sworn upon by george washington when he took office as the first president of the united states on april 30 1789. Today president elect donald trump will place his hand on a bible and take the oath of office to become the forty fifth president of the united states. The two bibles donald trump used at the inauguration the bible upon which abraham lincoln was sworn in for his first inauguration.

John quincy adams used a books of law for his inauguration. When you make the choice to ignore the significance of inauguration day you lose a chance to dialogue with the world on fundamental topics of the faith. For over two hundred years presidents have used different bibles for their inaugurations. The inauguration ceremony has changed over the years but the use of the bible has remained the same.

The lincoln bible was first used on march 4 1861 for the 16th president s inauguration.