Inaugural Poets

2009Inauguration

Inaugural PoetsBy Ravi Shankar

Athisinauguration,PresidentTrumpdidnotincludeapoetintheprogram.In

fact,therehaveonlybeenfiveinauguralpoetsthroughoutAmericanhistory.

Takealookatthefivepoets,andthepresidentsthatchosethem,below!

ROBERT FROSTspoke at the

inauguration of JOHN F. KENNEDY

in 1961.

He was the firstinaugural poet!

MAYA ANGELOUspoke at the

inauguration of BILL CLINTON

in 1993.

MILLER WILLIAMSspoke at the

inauguration of BILL CLINTON

in 1997.

ELIZABETHALEXANDERspoke at the

inauguration of BARACK OBAMA

in 2009.

RICHARD BLANCOspoke at the

inauguration of BARACK OBAMA

in 2013.

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