President-elect Donald Trump announced that he has ordered his inauguration ceremony to move inside the U.S. Capitol rotunda on Monday, Jan. 20, due to dangerously cold weather
President-elect Donald Trump said his inauguration will take place in the Capitol Rotunda due to dangerously low temperatures.
Since inaugurations started to be held outside in 1817, Trump's will be just the fourth inauguration in history to be held inside. Between 1789 and 1817, for the swearing in of presidents George Washington, Jon Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, inaugurations took place indoors.
Trump's inauguration will be held inside the Capitol Rotunda, with the parade taking place in Capitol One Arena in Washington, D.C.
Donald Trump will formally take the presidential oath of office at 12 p.m. EST on Monday, marking the beginning of his term as the 47th President of the United States. The ceremony will occur inside the U.
President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office at noon followed by a presidential parade, signing ceremony and inaugural balls.
Donald Trump’s inauguration, set to take place on the steps of the US Capitol, has been relocated indoors to the Rotunda due to extreme cold. This marks the first indoor swearing-in in 40 years, resha
The second inauguration of Ronald Reagan on Jan. 20, 1985, was forced indoors due to intense cold. As USA TODAY noted that day, "The USA's 50th inauguration today moves indoors – a victim of bone-chilling temperatures that threatened 350,000 invited guests and parade watchers."
Controversy over President-elect Trump's inaugural crowd sizes likely will remain out of the conversation since the ceremony will be moved indoors due to harsh weather conditions.
Donald Trump is set to be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States at noon. We'll be posting live updates.
President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration will be moved indoors, he announced Friday, due to dangerously cold temperatures projected in the nation’s capital.