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Inauguration customs vary beyond the oath
A historical take notes that the Constitution requires only a 35 word oath to preserve uphold and defend the Constitution and omits parades balls and scripture. Washington set enduring precedents while modern festivities depend on donors media and the ceremonial pageantry that accompanies the quadrennial rite.
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Washington
United States
George Washington
Bill Clinton
Julian Pleasants
University of Florida
Pleasants
America
Marvin Kranz
Library of Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Clinton
Republic
William Henry Harrison