Gift of Peace, Revised Edition by Elizabeth Raum

Author:Elizabeth Raum
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Zonderkidz
Published: 2014-07-01T04:00:00+00:00

The crowd cheered as the new president and his family walked from the Capitol to the White House in the inaugural parade.

Doing things differently

January 20, 1977, was Inauguration Day. At noon, Warren E. Burger, chief justice of the Supreme Court, administered the oath of office to Jimmy Carter. Jimmy used the same Bible that George Washington had used in 1789. He also made the same promise:

“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

After hugging his family and friends, he gave one of the shortest inaugural speeches ever. It lasted only eight minutes. He began with the words of Micah 6:8, and then he went on to list his plans to protect the rights of all people, create fair laws, and preserve the environment. He ended with these words: “When my time as your president has ended, I would hope that the nations of the world might say that we had built a lasting peace.”

Jimmy Carter was the first president who:

✓ walked in the inaugural parade

✓ came from Georgia

✓ graduated from the Naval Academy

✓ took the oath of office using his nickname

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