March 4: Inauguration Days
Today is the day we get to learn a new word and celebrate Grover Cleveland’s quasquicentennial anniversary! On this day 133 years ago, and then again 125 years ago today, Grover Cleveland took the oath of office of president of the United States. His first inauguration took place on Wednesday, March 4, 1885, on the east portico of the US Capitol in Washington, D.C. The oath of office was administered by Supreme Court Chief Justice Morrison Waite. Cleveland, whose popularity was due to the fact that he was not part of the Washington political establishment, rode fo the Capitol with out-going President Chester Arthur (who’d become president a few years earlier upon the assassination of James Garfield). After the ceremony, a fireworks display was held at the White House and a fancy-dress ball for the public was held at the Pension Building on Judiciary Square. You can read Grover’s inauguration speech here: https://www.bartleby.com/124/pres37.html ...