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9 - 10 INAUGURAL NOTES:
Heavy snow fell the night
before the inauguration, but thoughts about canceling the
plans were overruled. The election of 1960 had been close,
and the Democratic Senator from Massachusetts was eager to
gather support for his agenda. He attended Holy Trinity
Catholic Church in Georgetown that morning before joining
President Eisenhower to travel to the Capitol. The Congress
had extended the East Front, and the inaugural platform
spanned the new addition. The oath of office was
administered by Chief Justice Earl Warren. Robert Frost read
one of his poems at the ceremony |