Inauguration Day

President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben W. Barkley in the viewing stand, laughing at a passing float during the Inaugural Parade. First Lady Bess Truman and Margaret Truman are seen in the front row, left. Others are unidentified. 

President Franklin D. Roosevelt holds up his right hand as he takes the oath of office during his fourth Inauguration at the White House. Supreme Court Justice Harlan Stone administers the oath at far left, Vice President Harry S. Truman smiles at left, and Roosevelt's son, Colonel James Roosevelt, stands in uniform at right.

Shown are a group of Battery D members during a breakfast on January 20, 1949 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D. C. M. R. Evans is shown second from left.

Photo shows Battery D marching beside automobile in which President Harry S. Truman is riding.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower (front row, eighth and ninth from the right, in the center) at their Inaugural Ball, with other unidentified people. A photo of Vice President Richard Nixon is on the wall on the right.

Shown at the Inaugural Gala on stage at Capital Centre, the First Lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton, wears the gown she donated to the Harry S. Truman Library. With on the front row, are some of the entertainers who appeared in performance that evening. From far left: Barbara Hendricks, President Bill Clinton, Mrs. Clinton, Stephen Stills, Michael Jackson, Stevie Nicks, Albert Gore III, Tipper Gore, Lindsey Buckingham, Aretha Franklin, and Little Richard. From: Lenore Bradley, Whistle Stop Editor

The Clinton family applauds during the 1993 Inaugural Gala. Left to right: Vice President-elect Al Gore, President-elect Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Chelsea Clinton. Mrs. Clinton is shown in the gown which she donated to the Harry S. Truman Library. From: Lenore Bradley, Whistle Stop Editor