The same oath has been taken since the first US President said it in 1789, as it says in the constitution: on the same date, 20 January every four years, and at the same time: high noon.
When Barack Obama stepped up to the podium his first time, the entire Washington Mall was on a high. The number of people there or watching on television and so on broke a global audience record.
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