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-March 4th was [[Inauguration Day]] for new [[president]]s of the [[United States]], until  1937 when it was moved to January 20th.
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-Virtually every president acknowledged the importance of [[faith]] at his inauguration.
-For example, [[John Adams]] said in 1797:
-     Veneration for the religion of a people who profess and call themselves
-     Christians ... to consider a decent respect for Christianity among the best
-     recommendations for the public service.
-In 1809, [[James Madison]] invoked:
-     Guidance of that Almighty Being.
-In 1825, [[John Quincy Adams]] declared:
-     Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh in vain.
-[[William Harrison]] said at his inauguration, at which he caught [[pneumonia]] and soon died, in 1841:
-     I deem the present occasion sufficiently important ... in expressing to my
-     fellow citizens a profound reverence for the Christian religion.
-In 1853, it was [[Franklin Pierce]]'s turn:
-     There is no national security but in the nation's humble, acknowledged
-     dependence upon God.
-Then in 1857, President [[James Buchanan]] pleaded:
-     Cultivate peace ... with all nations ... in a spirit of Christian benevolence.
-Next, in 1861, it was [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s turn:
-     Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet
-     forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust in the best way all our
-     present difficulty.
-In the next century, in 1925, President [[Calvin Coolidge]] declared:
-     America ... cherishes no purpose save to merit the favor of Almighty God.
-==References==
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-[[Category:Politics]]

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