"Inauguration Day" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... called "Extra-Billy Smith"—has resigned his brigadiership. But he is a candidate for a major-generalship, until inauguration day, 1st January. He has had an interview with the President, and proposes to take command of the troops defending the city—that Gen. Elzey may take the field. Smith would undoubtedly have a strong motive in defending the capital—but then he knows ...
— A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital • John Beauchamp Jones
... March 4, 1861, inauguration day, was fine and sunny. If there had ever been any real danger of trouble, the fear of it had almost entirely subsided. Northerners and Southerners had found out in good season that General Scott was not in a temporizing mood; he had in the city two batteries, a few companies of regulars,—653 ...
— Abraham Lincoln, Vol. I. • John T. Morse
... administered the oath of office to the former broadcaster, screen actor, and Governor of California. In the election of 1980, the Republicans won the White House and a majority in the Senate. On inauguration day, American hostages held by the revolutionary ...
— United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches - From Washington to George W. Bush • Various |
