On Jan. 20, 1937, Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first U.S. president sworn into office in January. It was his second of four inaugurations; the first had been held four years earlier on March 4, ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On March 4, 1801, Thomas Jefferson became the first president to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C. One hundred ...

(On front:) FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT - FOURTH INAUGURATION 1945 (On back:) THOU TOO SAIL ON O SHIP OF STATE - SAIL ON O UNION STRONG AND GREAT signed The information provided about this artwork was ...

Within the first 100 days of their presidencies, one forged a nation, another fought to hold it together, one fell to an assassin’s bullet and one turned to the sacred rite of baptism. Each shaped ...