Later, he stood for an hour and a half in an exposed viewing stand watching the inaugural parade splash by in the deluge. FDR’s 1937 inauguration was the only time more than an inch of rain fell ...

Unlike Roosevelt, who held weekly press conferences ... mink jacket by Lee Ritter of Ritter Brothers. During the 1977 Inaugural Parade down Pennsylvania Avenue, attendees caught Rosalynn ...

The parade was ultimately canceled ... The first inauguration to be held on Jan. 20 - Franklin D. Roosevelt’s second inauguration in 1937 - also set the record for the heaviest rain on ...

Roosevelt. Snow isn’t usually a big concern ... car with a half-inch of water on the floorboards. During the inaugural parade, the rain continued, contributing to the wettest inauguration ...