History Happy Hour: Franklin Roosevelt’s Backyard Inauguration
President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s last Inauguration on January 20, 1945, was quick, quiet, and unprecedented. As the only person in American history elected to serve four consecutive terms, Roosevelt could have celebrated his victory with a traditional pomp-filled ceremony at the U.S. Capitol. Instead, he chose to hold his last Inaugural on the South Portico of the White House. As th