President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn-in for a second term Monday in front of a crowd of former presidents, elected officials and family members gathered at the U.S. Capitol. The inauguration ...

Despite social media attention, the Constitution protects freedom of religion. So putting a hand on a Bible, or even using one at all, isn't required.

John Quincy Adams used a law text for his 1825 inauguration. And, sworn in aboard Air Force One after John Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, Lyndon B. Johnson used a Catholic missal. Also, who holds ...

Lyndon Johnson was sworn in by a federal judge on Air Force One shortly after John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. Jackie Kennedy stood by his side, still wearing her blood-stained jacket.

And, sworn in aboard Air Force One after John Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, Lyndon B. Johnson used a Catholic missal. Also, who holds the Bible during the inaugural ceremony isn’t spelled out.