Presidential Inaugural Addresses: Dwight D. Eisenhower Second Inaugural Address - 1/21/1957

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Here is video of President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivering his second inaugural address on Monday, January 21, 1957. You can see Eisenhower's first inaugural address here.

January 20 occurred on a Sunday, so the President took the oath in the East Room at the White House that morning. The next day he repeated the oath of office on the East Portico of the Capitol. Chief Justice Earl Warren administered the oath of office on the President's personal Bible from West Point. Marian Anderson sang at the ceremony at the Capitol. A large parade and four inaugural balls followed the ceremony.

That's how different our society is today than it was in 1957. There was such respect for the heritage of Sunday being a day of worship for the vast majority of Americans that Eisenhower delayed his inaugural address to Monday. Sadly, that kind of respect is long gone in our nation.

PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL ADDRESSES 1945 – Present Click Links Below to View
DATE	PRESIDENT
1/20/2009	Barack Obama
1/20/2005	George W. Bush
1/20/2001	George W. Bush
1/20/1997	Bill Clinton
1/20/1993	Bill Clinton
1/20/1989	George H. W. Bush
1/20/1985	Ronald Reagan
1/20/1981	Ronald Reagan
1/20/1977	Jimmy Carter
*8/9/1974	*Gerald R. Ford
1/20/1973	Richard Nixon
1/20/1969	Richard Nixon
1/20/1965	Lyndon Johnson
1/20/1961	John F. Kennedy
1/21/1957	Dwight D. Eisenhower
1/20/1953	Dwight D. Eisenhower
1/20/1949	Harry Truman
1/20/1945	Franklin D. Roosevelt
*Gerald Ford Took the Oath of Office After Nixon Resignation; Delivered Remarks but no Inaugural Address