Since inaugurations started to be held outside in 1817, Trump's will be just the fourth inauguration in history to be held inside. Between 1789 and 1817, for the swearing in of presidents George Washington, Jon Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, inaugurations took place indoors.

President-elect Donald Trump announced that he has ordered his inauguration ceremony to move inside the U.S. Capitol rotunda on Monday, Jan. 20, due to dangerously cold weather

Ronald Reagan's second inauguration was moved indoors to the Capitol Rotunda due to dangerously cold weather, and now, in 2025, Donald Trump's inauguration follows suit. This video explores the historical significance of both events and how they mirror each other.

A combination of harsh weather and delay in individual states choosing electors pushed the inauguration to April 30, 1789. At 2 p.m., Washington recited the constitutionally mandated oath on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York City, the fledgling nation’s temporary capitol.

“I have ordered the Inauguration Address, in addition to prayers and other speeches, to be delivered in the United States Capitol Rotunda, as was used by Ronald Reagan in 1985, also because of ...

Donald Trump is only hours away from his historic return to the White House. But Inauguration Day will be different. Trump will take the oath of office not on the steps of the US Capitol but inside the Capitol Rotunda.

"I have ordered the Inauguration Address, in addition to prayers and other speeches, to be delivered in the United States Capitol Rotunda, as was used by Ronald Reagan in 1985, also because of ...

US president-elect Donald Trump may take the oath of office from inside the Capitol Rotunda on Monday ... when President Ronald Reagan began his second term. Monday’s forecast calls for the ...

Of those thousands of people in Washington D.C. to witness Monday's events, many of them are from Ohio that traveled to see a fellow Buckeye be sworn in.

Stephen Colbert has reacted to Donald Trump ’s return to the White House, mocking the president for his last-minute decision to relocate the inauguration indoors due to winter temperatures.

Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president during a Capitol Rotunda inauguration ceremony not seen indoors since President Ronald Reagan in 1985.