Inauguration Echoes From Washington Through History
A sweeping historical overview traces U S presidential inaugurations from Washington in 1789 to Theodore Roosevelt in 1905. It notes parade sizes, ceremonial quirks, notable mishaps, and the evolving public spectacle, highlighting figures from Adams and Jefferson to Polk, Lincoln, and Taft, with vivid anecdotes of crowds, escorts, and the evolving transfer of power.
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Washington
Philadelphia
John Adams
Adame
Jefferson
Capitol
Lincoln
Buchanan
Tessigné
Pennsylvanisavahueville
Stephen A. Douglas
Negro Solide
Pernde
Grrth
Rim
Washbington
Taft
Wasbington
Lindy’s Flight Statue by Vronk Vitter Placed in NYC or Paris
A thirty foot bronze monument by Pittsburgh sculptor Vronk Vitter honors Lindbergh’s transatlantic flight. The winged aviator figure rests on a cloud derived from Bartholdy’s Liberty and may be installed at Mineola field New York or Le Bourget near Paris.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Ded Hoover
George Washington
United States
New York City
Federal
Washington
Congress
United States of America
Morgan Lewis
Livingston
Jacob Morton
Vronk Vitter
Pittsburgh
Lindbergh
Mineoly Field
New York
le Bourget
Mratice
Bartholdy
Liberty
Training for Fight Prep in Park Bout Near West Lake
Armand Boanvet trains at West Lake Park preparing for a bout with Tommy Loughran, world lightweight champion. Boanvet, described in local notes as a Jewish weight battler, drills in readiness for the title clash.
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Armand Boanvet
H.post
West Lake Park
Low Angela
Tommy Loughran
The Golf Problem and a Labor Contest in Montgomery
Governor Groves of Alabama spoke in Montgomery on a labor contest noting the difficulty of arbitration. A parable follows with Black and White playing golf, an opponent’s lost ball, and White holding Black's ball in his pocket, raising the problem of what White should do under the circumstances.
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Groves
Alabama
Montgomery
Black
White
Blakr
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James Madison
Madison
John Quincy Adama
Andraw Jackson
Jackson
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van Buren
White House
Constitution
Frederick Austin Ogg
Andrew Jackson
Yale University
Honda
Beaidge
Auch
Atory
King Mob
By & Aide
Atrect
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Walters
Doora
Wilberforce
Caen
Stout
Free Country
Luna
William Henry Harrison
Harrison
Standig
Jon “Tyler
Polk
Tyler
Wyler
James K. Polk
White Hose
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West Point
Wilson and
Lexington
Graie
Toledo
Ohio
T. P. Barnett Company
Lindy
Thig
Dmitrovak
Soviet Russia
Africa
Quiticulturist
Professor de Loat
Aloysius
Ivory Coast
Alfred Disinger
America
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