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Show Inaugural Ride Precedent Originated by Washington IT WAS George Washington himself who set the courteous precedent whereby the retiring President rides with the incoming one to his Inauguration, Inaugu-ration, says a writer in the Saturday Evening Post. Since 1797 this precedent has been broken only by the Adamses, both great, but cantankerous. "The President of the United States comes In through the iron gates and goes out by the weeping willows," said Dolly Madison. Since the fair Dolly's time, the side entrance by the willow trees has been closed. But only the route Is altered. The sentiment remains. |