Lyndon Johnson was poised for the biggest day of his life, his first pomp-and-ceremonial inauguration. The event would be all the more stirring because of the jarring contrast with his first ...

holding the bible for Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965 — a choice that has since become tradition. She had already been first lady for more than a year, but the president’s first inauguration had ...

The inauguration is really about swearing in the next president, but first ladies throughout history have stolen the show with their inaugural gowns.

Many first ladies' inaugural gowns are displayed at the ... Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, his vice president, Lyndon B. Johnson, took the oath of office in a haphazard ceremony aboard Air ...