5 American Presidents That Have Used George “Washington’s Inaugural Bible” To Swear- In

Every countries of the world has so many recorded stories in the past as their history, just as United State of American has there’s.

Last year 2020, the people of Americans voted their new president, Joe Bidden who was inaugurated into the administrative office of the president on the 20th January 2021. The inauguration attracted so many countries attention all over the world as the most powerful nation took their next leader.

However, the new president sworn in with his old family Bible (since 1893). He had also used the same Bible during his sworn in as a U. S. senator. It is five inches thick with a Celtic cross on the cover.

This is unlike what most succeeded president did. Though, some had also used their family Bible as well, he’ s not the first to do such.

His two immediate predecessors, Donald Trump and Barack Obama used Lincoln Bible, which is stored at the Library of Congress at the time of their inaugural ceremony. Obama was the first president after Lincoln to use it, in both of his inaugurations.

While In 2017, Donald Trump also used the Lincoln Bible which was placed in a protective box, including his family Bible that was given to him by his mother in 1955, two days before his ninth birthday, according to Liz Cantrell.

Besides, the most used presidential Bible in America history during inauguration has always as ” Washington’ s Inaugural Bible” , which has been used by five succeeded presidents in America which includes; Warren G. Harding, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Jimmy Carter, and George H. W. Bush. George W. Bush used at it his first tenure inaugural ceremony and also hoped to use it again at his second inauguration in 2001, but it was raining and no one wanted to risk damaging such a precious artifact.