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Although presidents and other government officials have historically sworn the oath on a Bible, the Constitution doesn’t require it.

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There are so many traditions on Inauguration Day, but only one is required by law, and that is saying the Oath of Office.

Why is there a gap between US elections and the inauguration? And what happens on the day of the US President's inauguration?

A makeshift grandstand is erected next to the Capitol and hundreds of thousands people line the National Mall.

The inauguration of the President of the United States is a formality and a tradition full of symbolism and history.

It was encouraging last month to hear one of our local elected representatives giving an accurate interpretation of ...

On the positive side, taxation is, in the words of the American historian, Albert Hart, the price which civilized communities ...