3/30/1981 page 5

3/30/1981 page 5 by ric Gustafson


It was January 20 1981 and Ronald Reagan was enjoying his inauguration. He was wearing white tie and tails. His wife Nancy was wearing white satin and a mink coat. It was their tenth inaugural ball and tickets were going at five hundred dollars apiece. Hundreds of corporate titans had flown in for the activities. Reagan's voice was getting worse as the night wore on. He was showing no sign of fatigue at 69 years of age.
The Reagan's had been in Washington for a week adapting to the capital's routine. Nancy was prone to blurt out her personal thoughts. Soon, the media began to call her cheap and self absorbed. In fact, she was interested in high fashion. At Reagan's swearing in ceremony, both the Reagan's and the Carter's tried to avoid each other. Vice President George H W Bush was sworn in first. For the swearing in, Reagan wore a grey vest under a black suit.
The oath only took forty seconds. The next morning, Reagan started his new job.


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