Library of Congress
Loc: Presidential Inaugurations: Historical Insights
Features inaugural artifacts and highlights of nine presidential inaugurations starting with George Washington who established many of the ceremonial traditions that are still followed today.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Presidential Inaugurations
This resource provides step-by-step lesson plans that detail the Presidential Inauguration. It offers links to superb primary sources (photos, poems, audio, etc.) that catalog past inaugurations. This resource will certainly help...
White House Historical Association
White House Historical Association: Brief History of Presidential Inaugurations
Offers comprehensive historical background on presidential inaugurations from George Washington to Bill Clinton. Includes images and a trivia quiz to test your knowledge.
Library of Congress
Loc: Inaugural Materials Exhibition
How has the Presidential Inauguration Day changed through the years? Take a look back at eighteen presidents on the day they took the oath of office. Primary source documents capture the historical significance of this day and include...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Inaugural Firsts
NPR highlights historical inaugural firsts in this captioned pictorial slideshow. Includes many interesting and fun facts about U.S. presidents.
Fact Monster
Fact Monster: Inauguration Trivia
Uncover all types of U.S. Presidential Inauguration trivia at this site.
Library of Congress
Loc: "I Do Solemnly Swear" Presidential Inauguration
This interactive site looks at presidential inaugurations from the first, George Washington to the present. Primary documents are included.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: James A. Garfield
The inaugural address of James A. Garfield and a brief description of the inaugural day.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: Franklin D Roosevelt: 2nd Address
This site provides the text of Franklin D. Roosevelt's second inaugural address.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: u.s. Presidents and Inaugurations
This collection of images from Smithsonian Libraries celebrates U.S. Presidents while providing a glimpse of the presidencies and inaugurations of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: Franklin Pierce
A copy of Franklin Pierce's Inaugural Address, which he delivered from memory.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: Warren g.hardin
This site contains not only a copy of Harding's Inaugural Address, but also a very short synopsis of his climb to the presidency.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Robert Frost at Jfk's Inauguration
Can you imagine being asked to speak at a presidential inauguration and then not being able to read what you had intended to say? That's what happened to Robert Frost. Visit this site to find out how he solved this problem.
Fact Monster
Fact Monster: Inaugural Factfile
Gain insight into the history behind January 20th becoming Inauguration Day for the United States.
Fact Monster
Fact Monster: Inaugural Oratory
Which President had the best Inaugural speech? Who had the longest speech? Find out here.
Fact Monster
Fact Monster: Having a Ball at the Inauguration
When was the first Inaugural Ball and how has the big event become what it is today? Here is the history from the first gala.
Fact Monster
Fact Monster: Inaugural Addresses of u.s. Presidents
From George Washington to George W. Bush, find the Inaugural Addresses of all U.S. Presidents in this complete file.
Library of Congress
Loc: The Lincoln Inaugural Bible, Chapter and Verse
View images of Abraham Lincoln's 1861 inaugural bible.
Wyzant
Wyzant: History of Inaugurations
Lesson presents the history of inaugurations. Graphics and links to related sources.
Fact Monster
Fact Monster: Famous Presidential Speeches
Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt and others have their famous presidential speeches captured in this database.
Scholastic
Scholastic History Mystery: Presidents 3: The Presidential Oath of Office
Students try to guess the mystery subject Carlotta Facts, the History Mystery Museum's professor, is studying. They read the clues, do some online and offline research, and then attempt to identify the game's mystery subject, the...
The Dirksen Congressional Center
Congress for Kids: Elections: The Inauguration
Find out about the special day when the new President of the United States gets sworn in, Inauguration Day.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: Herbert Hoover
Text version of inaugural address of President Hoover in 1929. Records Hoover's ideas about the 18th amendment, government/business relationship and mandates from the election.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: William Howard Taft
Contains the contents of William Howard Taft's Inaugural Address of March 4, 1909.