inauguration
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“When Eisenhower was passing on the baton of leadership at the inauguration for JFK, JFK asked, ‘What gave you the edge on D-day?’
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
Between the Japanese surrender in August 1945 and Ronald Reagan’s inauguration in January 1981 U.S. consumer prices rose nearly 400%, an average annual inflation rate of 4.6%.
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
At his inauguration as New York mayor, Zohran Mamdani championed “the warmth of collectivism.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Greenland's prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, had declined an invitation to take part in the inauguration.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
By the night of March 2, because of both President Wilson’s inauguration on the fourth and the suffragist parade the next day, hundreds of thousands of people had gathered in the nation’s capital.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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