inauguration

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Dr. Kane’s body made its way across the sea to the port of New Orleans the same week as President James Buchanan’s inauguration, on March 4, 1857.

From Literature

The staunch Republican was less reticent about his political persuasions and was a guest at President George W Bush's inauguration in 2001.

From BBC

The Vatican has not yet confirmed whether Pope Leo XIV will accept an invitation to the tower's inauguration.

From Barron's

Aaron Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait,” for speaker and orchestra, written in 1942 in the wake of the Pearl Harbor attack, had been slated for a performance at Dwight D. Eisenhower’s inauguration in 1952.

From Los Angeles Times

The dam "releases water to produce energy. They are not irrigation schemes that consume water," Pietro Salini, CEO of Webuild, the project's prime contractor, told AFP at the inauguration in September.

From Barron's