HONORARY DEPARTURE

HONORARY DEPARTURE

 

Following the Swearing-In Ceremonies on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol, the outgoing President and First Lady leave the Capitol to begin their post-presidential lives.

 

Traditionally, the President’s departure takes place with little ceremony. An 1889 “Handbook of Official and Social Etiquette and Public Ceremonies at Washington,” described the outgoing President’s departure this way:

His departure from the Capital is attended with no ceremony, other than the presence of the members of his late Cabinet and a few officials and personal friends. The President leaves the Capital as soon as practicable after the inauguration of his successor.

In 1797, George Washington attended the Inauguration of his successor, John Adams, and several observers noted that onlookers paid more attention to Washington than to Adams. With few exceptions, subsequent departing presidents followed Washington’s example, and in 1837, President-elect Martin Van Buren and outgoing President Andrew Jackson began the tradition of riding together to the Capitol for the ceremonies.

 

Until the early 20th century, the departing President also usually accompanied the newly elected President on the carriage-ride from the Capitol to the White House following the Inauguration. In the early years, the procession would deliver the former President to his lodgings. (The President usually vacated the White House a day or two before the Inauguration.) As the parade became more established, the outgoing President sometimes reviewed the parade with the new President. Around the same time, the outgoing President and First Lady began to arrange a luncheon at the White House for the new President and his party. The outgoing President and First Lady usually made a quiet departure prior to the luncheon.

 

In the early 20th century, a new tradition evolved whereby the outgoing President quietly left the Capitol immediately following the Swearing-In Ceremony. In 1909, after congratulating President Howard Taft, former President Theodore Roosevelt left the Capitol for Union Station, where he took a train to his home in New York. In 1921, an ailing President Wilson accompanied President-elect Harding to the Capitol, but was too ill to remain during the ceremony. Outgoing Presidents Coolidge and Hoover also left the Capitol for Union Station, where they traveled home by train. Outgoing Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Johnson left the Capitol by car. Johnson and his family drove to Andrews Air Force Base where they boarded Air Force One for the trip home to Texas.

 

In recent years, the newly installed President and Vice President have escorted their predecessors out of the Capitol after the Swearing-In Ceremony. The members of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies gather on the stairs on the East Front of the Capitol Building. The new Vice President escorts the outgoing Vice President and his spouse out of the Capitol through a military cordon. Then, the new President escorts the outgoing President and his spouse through the military cordon. Since Gerald Ford’s departure in 1977, the former President and First Lady have left the Capitol grounds by helicopter (weather permitting).

 

The new President and Vice President then return to the Capitol Building for the Inaugural Luncheon hosted by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.

 

58TH INAUGURAL CEREMONIES

On January 20, 2017, the United States witnessed the peaceful transfer of power from the 44th president to the 45th—it was the 58th inaugural ceremony in our nation's history. Take a look at the day that Donald J. Trump took the oath of office of the president of the United States.

 

The Presidential Inauguration on CBSN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7hET4Xp0qQ&feature=emb_rel_end

The Swearing-In Ceremony::

Donald J. Trump was sworn-in as the 45th President of the United States, and Michael Richard Pence was sworn-in as the 48th Vice President of the United States.

 

Location:

West Front, U.S. Capitol

 

Weather:

At noon, under overcast skies and a light breeze from the south, the temperature in Washington was 48 degrees. A light rain started during delivery of the Inaugural address.

Bible:

The Abraham Lincoln Bible

 

Presidential inauguration of Donald Trump

Donald Trump takes the oath of office as the 45th President of the United States.

 

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. The inauguration takes place for each new presidential term, even if the president is continuing in office for a second term. 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 presidential election, except for three occasions when January 20 fell on a Sunday. In those years, the presidential oath of office was administered on that day privately and then again in a public ceremony the next day, on Monday, January 21. The most recent presidential inauguration was held on January 20, 2017, when Donald Trump assumed office; the next is scheduled to take place on January 20, 2021, when Joe Biden will assume office.

 

The chief justice of the United States is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States and the highest-ranking officer of the U.S. federal judiciary. Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution grants plenary power to the president of the United States to nominate, and with the advice and consent of the United States Senate, appoint "Judges of the supreme Court", who serve until they resign, retire, are impeached and convicted, or die. The existence of a chief justice is explicit in Article One, Section 3, Clause 6 which states that the chief justice shall preside on the impeachment trial of the president.

 

Jackie Evancho sings the national anthem at Inauguration Day 2017

 

 

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