Inauguration Day Sunday
January 20 2021 at noon inauguration day the president elect and vice president elect take the oath of office and become the president of the united states and vice president of the united.
Inauguration day sunday. Capitol building in washington dc. 20 inauguration day rolls around then the vice president elect chosen by the senate serves as acting president until the deadlock is. The next presidential inauguration will happen on jan. The school board also designated june 18 2021 as a staff holiday to celebrate juneteenth which will fall on saturday june 19 2021.
The vice president elect is sworn in first and repeats the same oath of office in use since 1884 as senators representatives and other federal employees. Inauguration day occurs every four years on january 20 or january 21 if january 20 falls on a sunday at the u s. A new president takes the oath of office at noon. A similar sunday exception and move to monday is made around this date as well which happened in 1957 1985 and 2013.
Inauguration day moved to january 20 beginning in 1937 following ratification of the twentieth amendment to the constitution where it has remained since. With joe biden s projected win of the presidency many are looking to see how inauguration day will look amid the. If inauguration day falls on is a sunday the presidential oath is usually administered in a private ceremony on that day and a public ceremony and celebrations are held on the following day. Washington inauguration day will be january 20 2021 a mere 73 days away.
On january 20 2009 barack obama became the first african american president to be inaugurated.