Four More Years: Presidential Inaugurations [rebroadcast]

BackStory

History, Education

4.5 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

As Washington prepares for the next four years, BackStory looks back at some of the more dramatic presidential transitions from the past. On this show, the Guys explore several high-stakes presidential inaugurations and learn what each one tells us about the social and political forces at work at the time. From George Washington’s trembling voice while taking the Oath of Office to the general apathy surround Lincoln’s second inauguration, we’ll remember why inaugurations really matter. p3v647s9

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0:00.0	This is backstory. I'm Ed Ayers. As Donald Trump prepares for his inauguration,
0:05.5	he might want to practice the script a bit. When Barack Obama took his first oath of office in 2009,
0:12.0	everything went smoothly. Well, office.
0:15.0	I will execute the office of President to the United States faithfully.
0:19.0	And I will execute the office of President of the United States faithfully.
0:27.0	Mixing up a few words is trivial compared to the trials of some past presidents,
0:31.0	such as Rutherford B. Hayes.
0:33.0	He gets many letters telling him you're going to get killed on the way.
0:36.0	You're going to get jumped.
0:38.0	Even the first president, a national war hero, felt the heat.
0:43.0	Washington was so nervous and so scared that he was literally shaking.
0:48.0	And his voice was trembling. He was honestly terrified.
0:53.0	A history of inaugurations today on backstory.
1:00.0	Major funding for backstory is provided by the Shia Khan Foundation,
1:04.0	the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation,
1:09.0	and the Arthur Vining Davis Foundation.
1:13.0	From the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, this is backstory with the American History Guide.
1:23.0	Welcome to the show. I'm Brian Ballot, and I'm here with Ed Ayers.
1:27.0	Hey, and Peter Onovs with us.
1:29.0	Hey, Brian.
1:30.0	And this is Joanne Freeman.
1:33.0	She's an historian at Yale University who specializes in America's founding era.
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