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mahatmakanejeeves

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Mon Mar 4, 2024, 10:44 AM Mar 2024

On this day, March 4, several presidents were inaugurated.

Here's James Buchanan, on Wednesday, March 4, 1857:

This is called earliest known photo of Presidential inauguration--James Buchanan, this week 1857: #NARA

Eight years later, on Saturday, March 4, 1865, here's Abraham Lincoln:

Less than a decade later, photography had really improved.









The last inauguration to be held on a March 4 was that of Franklin Roosevelt, in 1933.


FDR Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself 1933 Inaugural Address

Donald Pohlmeyer

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Excerpt from first Inaugural Address of FDR

Sat Mar 4, 2023: On this day, March 4, several presidents were inaugurated.
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