Ronald and Nancy Reagan were disappointed. That’s what White House press secretary Larry Speakes told reporters on Jan. 18, 1985, after the Republican president and first lady decided to hold his second inauguration indoors because of an unusually cold weather forecast.
President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to take the oath of office in the Capitol Rotunda on Monday, when below-freezing temperatures are again expected, recalls the last time cold weather prompted a similar decision.
1985 Was the Last Time an Inauguration Was Indoors. Ronald and Nancy Reagan Felt They Had No Choice Ronald and Nancy Reagan were disappointed. That's what White House press secretary Larry Speakes ...
That's what White House press secretary Larry Speakes told reporters on Jan ... transcripts of press briefings housed at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in California.
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It was also the coldest Inauguration Day on record. White House press secretary Larry Speakes, a few days before that ceremony, said Ronald and Nancy Reagan didn’t love the idea of moving the ceremony indoors, but “felt they had no choice.”
President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to take the oath of office in the Capitol Rotunda on Monday, when below-freezing temperatures are again expected, recalls the last time cold weather prompted a similar decision.
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