Washington
Donald Trump will use two Bibles during his presidential inauguration on Monday (January 20). One of these was given to him as a gift by his mother while the other would be a Lincoln Bible. Due to the severe cold, Trump’s swearing-in ceremony will not be held in the open this time. Trump was given the Bible by his late mother, Mary Anne McLeod Trump, in 1955. The gift was received at Trump’s Sunday Church Primary School graduation at the First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, New York.
The inside cover of the Bible is signed by church officials and bears Trump’s name. Apart from this, details are also recorded as to when he received the Bible as a gift. The second Bible that Trump will hold during the inauguration was first used at President Lincoln’s 1861 inauguration and has been used three times since then.
Former President Obama used it at his two swearing-in ceremonies in 2009 and 2013, and Trump used it at his swearing-in ceremony in 2017. The Bible that Trump used at his inauguration in 2017, which was placed on top of the Lincoln Bible, was also gifted to him by his mother and is on display in Washington, D.C. On display in the Bible Museum in.
Meanwhile, Trump has said that his inaugural address on January 20 will not be held outdoors due to dangerously cold weather in Washington. The swearing-in ceremonies will take place inside the Rotunda of the US Capitol. The last time President Ronald Reagan was sworn in indoors was in 1985. Even at that time, it was bitterly cold in the US Capitol.
