All posts tagged "inauguration"
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5.2KMassachusettsJohn Adams Skipped the Inauguration of His Successor. So Did His Son.
At 4 AM on a warm spring day, a stagecoach rumbled from the White House carrying the outgoing president of the United...
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18.2K3bostonA City Upon a Hill: JFK Cribs From John Winthrop
John Winthrop was not a minister, but he preached a sermon to his Puritan followers on July 2, 1630 that went down...
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31.5K33MassachusettsJohn Quincy Adams Takes the Oath of Office – Wearing Pants
John Quincy Adams was inaugurated March 4, 1825 as America’s sixth president. He was principled, intelligent and eloquent, though his principles occasionally...
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11.2K4Arts and LeisureRobert Frost Lets JFK Do the Unthinkable
A poet and a politician swapped roles during the presidential campaign of 1960, when Robert Frost campaigned for John F. Kennedy and...
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29.3K4IrregularsChester Arthur, Inaugurated in his Lexington Ave. Home
The American public had low expectations of Chester Arthur when he became the 21st president of the United States, but he surprised...
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8.9K2Arts and LeisureThe Jackie Look: Jackie Kennedy Gets a New Wardrobe
In November 1960, Jackie Kennedy created the Jackie Look from her hospital bed, with a little help from friends and a lot...
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