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I NVOCATION THE REVEREND BILLY GRAHAM The inaugural platform on the West front of the Capitol is framed against a bachclrop of reel, white, ancl blue bunling ancl features five flags. M US ICAL S ELECTION PHILANDER SMITH COLLEGE CHOIR The official flag of the United States is clisplayecl in the cente r. On either side Little Roch, Arkansas are earlier flags; the flag popularly known as the "Betsy Ross flag" with stars STEPHEN L. H AYES, Director arranged in a circle, appeared in the early 1790s; the flag with twenty-five stars flew for a year from July 4, 1836 to July 4, 1837, in recognition of the entrance of Arhansas into the Union. THE VICE PRES IDEN TIAL O AT H OF O FF ICE WILL BE ADMINISTE RED TO ALBE RT G ORE, JR. The Joint Congressional Committee on fnaugural Ceremonies cordially BY A SSOCIATE J USTICE (RETIRED) OF THE SUPREME C OURT welcomes yo u to the fifty-second Presidenti al Inauguration. Thi s historic OF THE U N ITED STATES, event pro vides an occasion for all Americans to rededicate themselves to the THE H ONORAB LE THURGOOD M ARSHALL. principles which a re the foundation of our democracy. A N A MERI CAN MEDLEY M ARILYN H ORNE Mezzo Soprano THE PRES IDENTIAL O ATH OF O FFICE WILL BE ADM! ISTERED TO WILLI AM J EFFERSON CLINTO W ENDELL H. FORD, Chairman, U.S. Se nate, Kentucky. BY THE CHIEF J US TICE OF THE U N ITED STATES, G EO RG E ]. MITCHELL, U.S. Senate, Maine. THE H ONORA BLE WILLIAM H. R EHNQUIST. TED STEVENS, U.S. Senate, Alaska. THOMAS S. FOLEY, Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington. I NAUGURAL A DDRESS THE PRES IDENT OF THE U NITED STATES RICHARD A. G EPHARDT, U.S. House of Representatives, Missouri. S ELECTIO M AYA A NGELOU ROBERT H. MICHEL, U.S. House of Representatives, llli.no i. s. Poet Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies B EN EDICTION THE R EVEREND BILLY GRAHAM THE N ATIONAL A THEM M AR ILYN H ORNE Mezzo Soprano PROGRAM PRELUDE THE U ITED STATES MARINE BAND COLONEL]OHN R. BOU RGEOIS, Conductor ince the time o_if Thomas Jeffe.rso n, Pres idents have come to this Capitol for formal inauguratwns. As the President tah es the oath of office ancl C ALL TO ORDER AND THE H ONORABLE W ENDELL H. FORD cleli ve Is the inqugural aclclress, he sees thou sa nds of Americans S W ELCOMI G R EMARKS United States Senato,: Kentucky gathered to witness the ceremony, ancl beyond them, the majestic Mall with its monuments to previous Presidents. I NVOCATION THE REVEREND BILLY GRAHAM The inaugural platform on the West front of the Capitol is framed against a bachclrop of reel, white, ancl blue bunling ancl features five flags. M US ICAL S ELECTION PHILANDER SMITH COLLEGE CHOIR The official flag of the United States is clisplayecl in the cente r. On either side Little Roch, Arkansas are earlier flags; the flag popularly known as the "Betsy Ross flag" with stars STEPHEN L. H AYES, Director arranged in a circle, appeared in the early 1790s; the flag with twenty-five stars flew for a year from July 4, 1836 to July 4, 1837, in recognition of the entrance of Arhansas into the Union. THE VICE PRES IDEN TIAL O AT H OF O FF ICE WILL BE ADMINISTE RED TO ALBE RT G ORE, JR. The Joint Congressional Committee on fnaugural Ceremonies cordially BY A SSOCIATE J USTICE (RETIRED) OF THE SUPREME C OURT welcomes yo u to the fifty-second Presidenti al Inauguration. Thi s historic OF THE U N ITED STATES, event pro vides an occasion for all Americans to rededicate themselves to the THE H ONORAB LE THURGOOD M ARSHALL. principles which a re the foundation of our democracy. A N A MERI CAN MEDLEY M ARILYN H ORNE Mezzo Soprano THE PRES IDENTIAL O ATH OF O FFICE WILL BE ADM! ISTERED TO WILLI AM J EFFERSON CLINTO W ENDELL H. FORD, Chairman, U.S. Se nate, Kentucky. BY THE CHIEF J US TICE OF THE U N ITED STATES, G EO RG E ]. MITCHELL, U.S. Senate, Maine. THE H ONORA BLE WILLIAM H. R EHNQUIST. TED STEVENS, U.S. Senate, Alaska. THOMAS S. FOLEY, Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington. I NAUGURAL A DDRESS THE PRES IDENT OF THE U NITED STATES RICHARD A. G EPHARDT, U.S. House of Representatives, Missouri. S ELECTIO M AYA A NGELOU ROBERT H. MICHEL, U.S. House of Representatives, llli.no i. s. Poet Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies B EN EDICTION THE R EVEREND BILLY GRAHAM THE N ATIONAL A THEM M AR ILYN H ORNE Mezzo Soprano THE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION A N ATIONAL C ELEBRATION 1789-1993 we have done every fo ur yea rs for two hundred and four years, Americans JOin together today to witness our President take a A simpl e oath of offi ce consisting of thirty-five words. Although often inconvenienced by inclement weather, these inaugural ceremonies have neve r been suspended, regardless of war, depression, or any other national crisis. This event celebrates the triumph of representative democracy through the peaceful transfer of political power, according to the vote of the people. Proceedings associated with Presidential elections and inaugurations, almost routine after two centuries, were entirely new and untried fo l lowing the Constitutional Convention of 1787. The Constitution is both specific and vague when dealing with the process of electi ng and inau gurating our Nati on's chief executi ve. It provides that the President be elected through an electoral college , equal to the number of Se nators and Representatives fro m each State. It authorizes Congress to deter mine when elections would be held , when the electoral coll ege would meet, and when the new President would take the oath of office The Constitution requires that the President must be a natural-born citizen of the United States, have lived in this country fo r at least fo urteen years, and have attained the age of thirty- fi ve . It even specifies the oath of office that the new President should swear or affirm . Beyond that, the Constitution remains silent. In September 1788, at a time when eleven of the thirteen States had 'TJ'[() Mf i) ,'I ]~\ JF' lF' JE Jll .!:5 () ~" ratified the Constitution , the outgoing Congress under the Articles of Confe deration set the fi rst Wednesday of the fo llowing January as the date for the se lection of Presidential electors. These electors would meet on the first Wednesday in February 1789 to choose a President. The new gove rnment would co mmence its business on the first T HOMAS J EFFERSON Wednesday in March. Four States selected Presidential electors by pop 1743-1826 ular vote; three allowed their State legislatures to make th e choice; two In recog ni tion of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the bi rth of arranged fo r a combination of popular and legislative electi ons; and in Thomas Jefferson, the first President to tahe the oath of office at the United one State the Governor and legislature named the electors. Three States States Capitol in Was hington, DC did not participate in the selecti on of the first President New Yo rk, r. I THE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION A N ATIONAL C ELEBRATION 1789-1993 we have done every fo ur yea rs for two hundred and four years, Americans JOin together today to witness our President take a A simpl e oath of offi ce consisting of thirty-five words. Although often inconvenienced by inclement weather, these inaugural ceremonies have neve r been suspended, regardless of war, depression, or any other national crisis. This event celebrates the triumph of representative democracy through the peaceful transfer of political power, according to the vote of the people. Proceedings associated with Presidential elections and inaugurations, almost routine after two centuries, were entirely new and untried fo l lowing the Constitutional Convention of 1787. The Constitution is both specific and vague when dealing with the process of electi ng and inau gurating our Nati on's chief executi ve. It provides that the President be elected through an electoral college , equal to the number of Se nators and Representatives fro m each State. It authorizes Congress to deter mine when elections would be held , when the electoral coll ege would meet, and when the new President would take the oath of office The Constitution requires that the President must be a natural-born citizen of the United States, have lived in this country fo r at least fo urteen years, and have attained the age of thirty- fi ve .