Obama's inauguration - Jan 16, 2009 - 11:07 am
Historian Yonatan Eyal on the pageantry and meaning of the presidential swearing-in
Q. When was the last time the presidential inauguration attracted so much interest and excitement? Moments of crisis or transition naturally come to mind: Thomas Jefferson as the first successful opposition candidate in 1801, Andrew Jackson as the first westerner in 1829, John Tyler as the first to succeed a fallen president in 1841, as [...]
