They wait till they see Roosevelt's dim figure on the platform ... because it is proper for a carnival to be silly and gaudy, whereas the inaugural parade is supposed to be impressive.

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Vanderbilt University history professor Nicole Hemmer talked about the emergence of the concept of a 'first 100 days' of a presidential term during ...

Yet that Saturday had a momentousness about it. It was the day of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inauguration as president of the United Stateds. Americans gathered around their radios to hear the ...

While Franklin D. Roosevelt continued the tradition of an outdoor ceremony for his historic fourth inauguration in 1945, it was not held at the Capitol but instead on the South Portico of the ...

On Jan. 20, 1937, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was sworn into office at ... He also was the last president to be sworn in on the old inauguration day — March 4 — for his first term in 1933.

Challenges Franklin Roosevelt was elected president in the aftermath of the ... and unflinching voice in confronting the trials of the 1930s. As he said in his first inaugural address, “We have ...

The service, an event held since Franklin D. Roosevelt’s inauguration in 1933, began at 11 a.m. ET and is being broadcast live on the cathedral’s website. The ceremony will feature calls to ...

Only one person in U.S. history has defied the two-term example set by the first president, George Washington.

Conservative backlash erupted after President Donald Trump endorsed Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina for ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 3.7% over the past five trading days, its best performance leading up to Inauguration Day since 1933 when Franklin D. Roosevelt took office. The S&P 500 is ...