When Donald Trump took the Oath of Office for the second time to become the 47th President, he had his hand on two books, a Bible given by his mom and also President Abraham Lincoln's family Bible. Trump also used the Lincoln Bible during his first inauguration in 2017.

The only constitutionally mandated event on Inauguration Day is for the president-elect to take the oath of office. But on the first Inauguration Day, in 1789, George Washington did something else. He gave a speech.

Donald Trump will become the 47th President on Monday. However, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt stand out as America's greatest leaders in its 250-year history.

Ahead of Inauguration Day, the minds behind the God Bless the USA Bible released a new product that plays off the Bible’s prominent role in the ceremony. Their Inauguration Day Edition Bible has Monday’s date printed on the cover and celebrates Trump’s return to the White House, as the Deseret News previously reported.

In the good ole days—and I guess that statement dates me—national holidays and national recognition days came few and far between. January would pass by without much fanfare, and Abraham