After the announcement made by US President-elect Donald Trump that his inauguration on Monday will take place inside the US Capitol rather than outdoors because of severe cold, the first time in 40 years that US presidential inaugural ceremonies will be moved indoors.
The last inauguration to be moved indoors because of the bitter cold was in 1985, for former Republican President Ronald Reagan’s second swearing-in.
According to Ronald Reagan’s Presidential Library And Museum website, the 1985 Inauguration occurred during a severe cold snap on the East Coast. The decision was made to cancel the outdoor public events for the Inauguration, so there was no ceremony outdoors, and the Inaugural parade was cancelled. President Reagan held his public Inaugural in the US Capitol building Rotunda.
NewsMobile walked down memory lane and examined photographs of former President Reagan’s swearing-in ceremony to give you an idea of what Donald Trump’s second swearing-in would look like.
President Reagan was sworn in for a second term in the rotunda of the US Capitol on 21 January 1985.
President Reagan was sworn in for a second term in the rotunda of the US Capitol.
President Reagan spoke at his inaugural ceremony at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on 21 January 1985.
President Reagan spoke at his inaugural ceremony at the US Capitol Rotunda.
President Reagan spoke at his inaugural ceremony at the US Capitol Rotunda with Chief Justice Warren Burger, Bob Dole, Elizabeth Dole, Jim Wright, Charles Wick, George Bush, Barbara Bush, Michael Reagan, and Colleen Reagan.
President Reagan, Nancy Reagan, Vice President Bush, and Barbara Bush posed after the Inaugural Address in the US Capitol Rotunda.
President Reagan spoke at his inaugural ceremony at the US Capitol Rotunda.
Jessye Norman sang during the Inaugural Ceremony at the US Capitol Rotunda.
