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Mon 01 Jan 2009Ten inauguration facts
Barack Obama will be using Abraham Lincoln’s inaugural Bible to take his oath of office.
Dwight Eisenhower’s 1953 parade was covered by a 24-year-old reporter on the Washington Times-Heraldas the “Inquiring Camera Girl”. Her name was Jacqueline Bouvier, eventually to become Jackie Kennedy.
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