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 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.
Reagan’s 1985 inauguration, among the coldest, was also held indoors
The Polar Express that blasted into Washington for President Ronald Reagan’s second inaugural in 1985 forced the whole inaugural ceremony indoors, and the parade was canceled.
A look back at Ronald Reagan's 1985 indoor inauguration
Donald Trump will be sworn-in inside the Capitol rotunda on Monday, the first time the ceremony is held indoors in decades.
Trump to be inaugurated inside: Last ceremony held indoors was Reagan's in 1985
President-elect Trump's inauguration will now take place inside the U.S. Capitol due to cold weather forecast for Monday, the first indoor inauguration since Ronald Reagan's second inauguration in January 1985.
An inauguration indoors? History shows it's not the first time
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.
Inauguration moves indoors due to dangerous cold
This is the first indoor inauguration since 1985 when Ronald Reagan took the oath of office for his second term. It was seven degrees that day.
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