With a former general as the new commander-in-chief, the military had a big role in the 1953 inauguration of President Dwight Eisenhower. And a St. Joseph veteran had a small part in the event. Joseph ...

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1/20/1953: President Eisenhower takes the inaugural oath on January 20. He would make five appointments to the Supreme Court: Chief Justice Earl Warren, and Justices John Marshall Harlan II, William J ...

At his inauguration on January 20, 1953, President Dwight D. Eisenhower took an unprecedented step: after taking the oath of office, he led the nation in prayer. During his prayer, which historian ...