Presidential Inaugurations
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Historic First Inauguration: March 4, 1933 - Photo 1
- Date of Work
- March 4, 1933
- Credit
- Library of Congress
Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Historic First Inauguration: March 4, 1933 - Photo 1
President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt and outgoing President Herbert Hoover on the tense ride from the White House to the Capitol for the inauguration on March 4, 1933.
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