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| The Inaugural Parade, and the Presidents Who Walked It | |
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| In 1977, after he took the oath to become president, Jimmy Carter set out on the longest inaugural walk in the history of the office, strolling with his wife, Rosalynn, and 9-year-old daughter, Amy, for more than a mile along Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House. | In 1977, after he took the oath to become president, Jimmy Carter set out on the longest inaugural walk in the history of the office, strolling with his wife, Rosalynn, and 9-year-old daughter, Amy, for more than a mile along Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House. |
| Walking the parade route, which started with Mr. Carter, became a feature in many of the presidential inaugurations that followed. | Walking the parade route, which started with Mr. Carter, became a feature in many of the presidential inaugurations that followed. |
| “Once somebody does something innovative, it becomes a tradition,” Doris Kearns Goodwin, a presidential historian, said during a telephone interview. “There is a desire to show that they are a people’s president, and in that moment of a ceremony, when so many people are gathered to watch, they want the people to feel they are going to be part of it.” | “Once somebody does something innovative, it becomes a tradition,” Doris Kearns Goodwin, a presidential historian, said during a telephone interview. “There is a desire to show that they are a people’s president, and in that moment of a ceremony, when so many people are gathered to watch, they want the people to feel they are going to be part of it.” |
| The decision whether to walk during the parade is apparently left to the new president, presumably with input from the Secret Service and other advisers, Ms. Goodwin noted. The walk’s duration is also largely dictated by weather, security concerns and the politics of the time. | The decision whether to walk during the parade is apparently left to the new president, presumably with input from the Secret Service and other advisers, Ms. Goodwin noted. The walk’s duration is also largely dictated by weather, security concerns and the politics of the time. |
| On Friday, Donald J. Trump is expected to keep the custom and set off along the parade route after the swearing-in ceremony and other events, following in the path of his predecessors. The forecast calls for temperatures in the 40s with periods of rain. | On Friday, Donald J. Trump is expected to keep the custom and set off along the parade route after the swearing-in ceremony and other events, following in the path of his predecessors. The forecast calls for temperatures in the 40s with periods of rain. |
| Here is a look at how previous presidents traveled the route, drawn from The New York Times’s archives. | Here is a look at how previous presidents traveled the route, drawn from The New York Times’s archives. |
| In 2009, Mr. Obama, making history as the country’s first black president, and his wife, Michelle Obama, alighted from their armored limousine and walked for about eight minutes in the cold, waving to the crowd — some of whom ran along the barricades — before they climbed back into their vehicle. | In 2009, Mr. Obama, making history as the country’s first black president, and his wife, Michelle Obama, alighted from their armored limousine and walked for about eight minutes in the cold, waving to the crowd — some of whom ran along the barricades — before they climbed back into their vehicle. |
| Mr. Obama overruled advisers who had suggested that he stay in his car during the parade, which lasted until well after sundown. | Mr. Obama overruled advisers who had suggested that he stay in his car during the parade, which lasted until well after sundown. |
| After his re-election, he and the first lady took an inaugural parade walk in 2013, stepping from their vehicle to stroll along Pennsylvania Avenue. | After his re-election, he and the first lady took an inaugural parade walk in 2013, stepping from their vehicle to stroll along Pennsylvania Avenue. |
| Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his wife, Jill Biden, walked as well, and Mr. Biden greeted bystanders with fist-pumping gusto. | Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his wife, Jill Biden, walked as well, and Mr. Biden greeted bystanders with fist-pumping gusto. |
| Amid tight security, thousands of loud, but mostly peaceful, protesters demonstrated in the icy rain during Mr. Bush’s inaugural parade in 2001. There were minor skirmishes with the police and a few arrests. | Amid tight security, thousands of loud, but mostly peaceful, protesters demonstrated in the icy rain during Mr. Bush’s inaugural parade in 2001. There were minor skirmishes with the police and a few arrests. |
| Many of the demonstrators were upset by the election procedures and Supreme Court ruling that led to his becoming president. Others demonstrated over issues such as global trade, civil rights, abortion, capital punishment, rain forests and corporate power. | Many of the demonstrators were upset by the election procedures and Supreme Court ruling that led to his becoming president. Others demonstrated over issues such as global trade, civil rights, abortion, capital punishment, rain forests and corporate power. |
| Along the parade route, the jeers often drowned out the cheers. The protests were the first substantial demonstrations at an inauguration since 1973, when tens of thousands of people rallied against the Vietnam War at the second inauguration of Richard M. Nixon. | Along the parade route, the jeers often drowned out the cheers. The protests were the first substantial demonstrations at an inauguration since 1973, when tens of thousands of people rallied against the Vietnam War at the second inauguration of Richard M. Nixon. |
| After his re-election, Mr. Bush and the first lady, Laura Bush, started off on the parade route in 2005 in their armor-plated limousine. Unlike leisurely strolls taken by other presidents, Mr. Bush did not get out of the car until he and Mrs. Bush reached the highly secure area near the White House, where they walked the length of the complex — about three blocks — before going to the viewing stand. | After his re-election, Mr. Bush and the first lady, Laura Bush, started off on the parade route in 2005 in their armor-plated limousine. Unlike leisurely strolls taken by other presidents, Mr. Bush did not get out of the car until he and Mrs. Bush reached the highly secure area near the White House, where they walked the length of the complex — about three blocks — before going to the viewing stand. |
| Crowds along the route in 1993 chanted, “Walk! Walk!” before Bill and Hillary Clinton decided to get out of their armored Cadillac and walk the last few blocks on Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House. | Crowds along the route in 1993 chanted, “Walk! Walk!” before Bill and Hillary Clinton decided to get out of their armored Cadillac and walk the last few blocks on Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House. |
| At the start of Mr. Clinton’s second term, in 1997, the first couple emerged to take the last two blocks to the reviewing stand on foot with their daughter, Chelsea, who, The Times reported, was “as unabashedly excited as any other teenager along the way, doffing her topcoat to wave more easily to the crowd and pointing at individuals as the V.I.P. stands came into view and she seemed to spot personal friends.” | At the start of Mr. Clinton’s second term, in 1997, the first couple emerged to take the last two blocks to the reviewing stand on foot with their daughter, Chelsea, who, The Times reported, was “as unabashedly excited as any other teenager along the way, doffing her topcoat to wave more easily to the crowd and pointing at individuals as the V.I.P. stands came into view and she seemed to spot personal friends.” |
| The elder Mr. Bush added an informal element to his inaugural pageantry in 1989, walking a few blocks while wearing a business suit rather than the traditional morning coat. | The elder Mr. Bush added an informal element to his inaugural pageantry in 1989, walking a few blocks while wearing a business suit rather than the traditional morning coat. |
| The only parade known to have been canceled because of bad weather was at the beginning of Mr. Reagan’s second term in 1985. He shifted the public inauguration indoors because of snow, bitter wind and record cold temperatures. | The only parade known to have been canceled because of bad weather was at the beginning of Mr. Reagan’s second term in 1985. He shifted the public inauguration indoors because of snow, bitter wind and record cold temperatures. |
| To the astonishment and delight of hundreds of thousands of jubilant Inauguration Day celebrants in 1977, Mr. Carter and his family got out of a bulletproof limousine to walk from Capitol Hill to the White House. | To the astonishment and delight of hundreds of thousands of jubilant Inauguration Day celebrants in 1977, Mr. Carter and his family got out of a bulletproof limousine to walk from Capitol Hill to the White House. |
| Mr. Carter’s walk to the White House was seen as an attempt to dispense with the pageantry and to show he was an outsider after the earlier administration of President Nixon. (He even temporarily shunned the playing of “Hail to the Chief.”) | Mr. Carter’s walk to the White House was seen as an attempt to dispense with the pageantry and to show he was an outsider after the earlier administration of President Nixon. (He even temporarily shunned the playing of “Hail to the Chief.”) |
| It was also seen as the start of Mr. Carter’s emphasis, after winning the presidency, on appealing to working men and women, according to an article on the Carter presidential library website. | It was also seen as the start of Mr. Carter’s emphasis, after winning the presidency, on appealing to working men and women, according to an article on the Carter presidential library website. |
| “People along the parade route, when they saw that we were walking, began to cheer and weep, and it was an emotional experience for us, as well,” Mr. Carter later wrote about the experience. | “People along the parade route, when they saw that we were walking, began to cheer and weep, and it was an emotional experience for us, as well,” Mr. Carter later wrote about the experience. |