Why Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony differed from the 58 before it
WASHINGTON, D.C. – No one does pomp and circumstance quite like Americans and perhaps the biggest display of that is a presidential inauguration. Yet, this year was notably different from the previous 58. “It was sort of one of the visual reminders of how this inauguration was a little different,” said J. “The challenges sort of driving this inauguration was on two fronts. Trump became the first incumbent president to skip his successor’s swearing-in ceremony in 152 years.