This guide(right click and choose save as to download the PDF) to the Inaguration has among other things recipies for everything that's going to be served at the inagural banguet. And fun facts about inaugurations throughout the nation's history.
INAUGURAL FIRSTS: The guide lists dozens of inaugural precedents. Here are some highlights, from past to present:
In 1793 in Philadelphia, George Washington delivers what remains to this day the shortest inaugural address – 135 words.
In 1801, Thomas Jefferson became the first president inaugurated in Washington D.C.
In 1809, James Madison held the first inaugural ball. Tickets were $4.
In 1825, John Quincy Adams became the first president to wear long pants, instead of knee breeches, for his swearing-in.
In 1837, Martin Van Buren became the first president who was not born a British subject.
In 1845, James Polk’s inauguration was the first covered by telegraph.
In 1865, at Abraham Lincoln’s second inauguration, African-Americans participated in the inaugural parade for the first time.
In 1897, William McKinley’s inauguration was the first recorded by a motion picture camera.
In 1921, Warren G. Harding became the first president to ride to and from his inauguration in an automobile.
In 1929, Herbert C. Hoover’s inauguration was the first recorded by talking newsreel.
In 1937, Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first president sworn in on Jan. 20.
In 1949, Harry S. Truman’s inauguration was the first to be televised.
In 1961, John F. Kennedy became the first – and so far the only – Roman Catholic sworn in as president.
In 1963, Lyndon Johnson became the first, and only, president to be sworn in on a plane.
In 1974, Gerald R. Ford became the first unelected vice president to be sworn in as president.
In 1997, Bill Clinton’s inauguration was the first to be broadcast live on the Internet.
In 2005, for George W. Bush’s swearing-in, officials designed anti-counterfeiting security into the tickets for the first time.
In 2009, Barack Obama became not only the first African-American to be sworn in as president, but also the first to be born in Hawaii.
source: New York Times
