Inauguration 2025
The date of the inauguration
What is January 20th?
A change to the US Constitution
What is an amendment?
Ceremony when the President places his hand on a book (usually The Bible) and takes the Oath of Office
What is the Swearing-In Ceremony?
The US elects a new president every how many years
What is 4 years?
The president-elect who will be sworn in
Donald Trump
This document is a set of principles and laws of our nation, which spells out the powers and duties of the government and guarantees certain rights to the people
What is the Constitution?
True or False: The Vice President is sworn in BEFORE the President
What is True?
The month George Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the United States of America
What is April? (April 30, 1789)
The Vice President-Elect who will be sworn in
Who is JD Vance?
What is an Inauguration?
The speech the President delivers after being sworn into office that presents his vision of America and sets forth his or her goals
What is the Inaugural Address?
The Continental Congress originally set this Inauguration date for all incoming Presidents
What is March 4th?
The time the incumbent president is no longer president
What is noon on January 20th?
A public pledge or promise that a person recites before taking on the duties of an office.
What is the Oath of Office?
When the President and Vice President board a motorcade and make their way down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House
What is the Inaugural Parade?
When the President is sworn in by private ceremony on January 20th and publicly on Monday, January 21st
What is the protocol when January 20th falls on a Sunday?
What is Martin Luther King Jr. Day?
The amount of time a person can hold office
What is a term?
A highlight of Washington society that celebrate the new President and Vice President (tickets to these are in the thousands)
The Amendment to the Constitution that set Inauguration Day on January 20th?
What is the 20th Amendment?