The first inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States took place on Tuesday, January 20, 2009, at the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Jan 2, 2018 · On a freezing day in Washington, D.C., Barack Hussein Obama is sworn in as the 44th U.S. president. The son of a Black father from Kenya and a white mother from Kansas, Obama had become the...

It was January 20, 2009, and the crowds were on their way to witness the inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama, the nation’s first Black president. The sound she heard was their footsteps,...

On Jan. 20, 2009, Barack Obama was sworn in as the United States' 44th president and the nation's first Black chief executive.

Jan 20, 2025 · On a cold, dreary day in Washington DC, rays of hope emerged on January 20 as Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th US president. With this, he entered history books becoming the first African American to hold US’ highest office.

Jan 19, 2025 · At Obama’s first inauguration in 2009, around 1.8 million people attended the historic event. This surpassed the record of 1.2 million set in 1965 by Lyndon B. Johnson. Advertisement

Jan 20, 2012 · On this day in 2009, Barack Obama was sworn into office as the 44th President of the United States. Watch him take the oath and deliver his inaugural address below, and read the full transcript here.

The first inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States took place on Tuesday, January 20, 2009, at the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Jan 20, 2009 · The first inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States took place on Tuesday, January 20, 2009. The inauguration, which set a record attendance for any event held in Washington, D.C., marked the commencement of the first four-year term of Barack Obama as President and Joe Biden as Vice President.

In a ceremony on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, Obama took the oath of office on the Bible used by President Abraham Lincoln at his first inauguration in 1861. The former Illinois senator became the 44th U.S. president, completing a peaceful transfer …