A president's inauguration is a historic ... before the nation's capital moved to D.C. The first inauguration to be held outdoors was President James Monroe's ceremony in 1817.
James Monroe’s first inauguration in 1817 marked the first time a president took the oath outdoors. The warmest inauguration on record was when Gerald Ford took the oath following Richard Nixon ...
Trump, who is famously obsessed with pomp and crowd size, will take the oath of office indoors due to dangerously cold weather.