Inaugurations

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• 10/16/2022
  

  Now More than Ever, America Must Commit to Ensure the Transition of Presidential Power

  by David Marchick and Valerie Smith Boyd

  The latest evidence presented by the January 6 Commission underscore the urgent need for all parties to renew the commitment the core principle of an orderly transition of power from one elected president to another.

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• 1/31/2021
  

  What J-Lo Sang

  by Mark F. Fernandez

  Jennifer Lopez's Inaugural performance showed that Woody Guthrie’s lyric, his notion of an inclusive America, still resonates today as Americans ponder questions of unity.

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• 1/19/2021
  

  Biden Isn't the First President to Have to Change Tracks en Route to Inauguration

  by Jeff Rogg

  The threat of violence forced Joe Biden to cancel plans to travel from Wilmington to Washington by Amtrak, as he famously did during his Senate years. The decision recalls Lincoln's efforts to avoid the (possibly apocryphal) Baltimore Plot. 

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• 1/17/2021
  

  The History of Skipping a Successor's Inauguration

  by Michael Patrick Cullinane

  Trump's decision to skip Biden's inauguration might seem like a mere petty gesture. But it harkens back to previous episodes that reflected times of deep division and political conflict.