As we prepare for the inauguration on Jan. 21, here are some interesting facts regarding Obama’s historic inauguration of 2008:
-Obama’s 2008 inauguration had the largest attendance of any event in the history of Wa
shington, D.C.
-Largest attendance of any presidential inauguration in U.S. history
-First African American to hold the office of president of the United States
-First citizen born in Hawaii to hold the office of the president
-Highest viewership ever of the swearing-in ceremonies on the Internet (President William
Jefferson Clinton’s was the first)
-First woman, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, to lead the ceremony
Vice President Joseph R. Biden will be sworn in using the Biden family Bible, which is 5-inches thick, has a Celtic cross on the cover and has been in the Biden family since 1893.
