Barack Obama took the presidential oath of office for a second term on Sunday Jan 20,2013 and was sworn in by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts during a brief ceremony with his family in the White House Blue Room, meeting the legal requirement that presidents officially take office on Jan 20.
As the date Jan 20 fell on a Sunday this year, the traditional ceremonies surrounding the start of a president’s term were put off to Monday Jan 21, which coincides this year with the birthday of revered civil rights leader Martin Luther King who was assassinated in 1968.
On Monday Jan 21, he will repeat the oath and give his inaugural speech on the steps of the U.S. Capitol before hundreds of thousands of people. He then makes the traditional journey, part of it on foot, down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House.
Inauguration Day schedule
1130 : Official ceremony begins at the West Front of US Capitol1155 : Obama is publically sworn in as president by Chief Justice John Roberts
1200 : Obama delivers inaugural address
1239 : Obama signs nomination papers for his Cabinet
1300 : Inaugural lunch in Statuary Hall at the US Capitol
1436 : Inaugural parade on Pennsylvania Avenue, ending at the White House.
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