SOURCES
- Inaugural Histroy, http://inaugural.senate.gov/history/
- Rick Beyer, Greatest Presidential Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy (New York: Collins, 2007)
Presidential Moments: Inauguration
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Instructions
Same old, same old—another president, another inaugural speech, right? Maybe not. President Barack Obama's swearing in using the Bible Abraham Lincoln was sworn in on isn't the first trivia-worthy inauguration quirk. Match the president to the fact that made his inauguration unique.