What is Second inauguration of Harry S. Truman?
[[File:Inaugural_Truman_1949.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Truman giving his inaugural address after being sworn in.]] The '''second inauguration of Harry S. Truman''' as the 33rd [[president of the United States]] happened on January 20, 1949. It was the start of the second and only full term of [[Harry S. Truman]] as [[President of the United States|president]] and the only term of [[Alben W. Barkley]] as [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]]. The ceremony happened on the East Front of the [[United States Capitol|United States Capitol Building]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] The event was the 41st presidential [[United States presidential inauguration|inauguration.]] [[Chief Justice of the United States|Chief Justice]] [[Fred M. Vinson|Fred Vinson]] gave the oath of office to Truman. Stanley Reed gave the vice presidential oath to Barkley. This was the first presidential inauguration that was shown on TV.<ref>{{Cite web|title=41ST INAUGURAL CEREMONIES|url=https://www.inaugural.senate.gov/41st-inaugural-ceremonies/|access-date=2021-09-25|website=The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies|language=en-US}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{wikisource|Harry S. Truman's Inaugural Address}} * [https://www.c-span.org/video/?77800-1/president-truman-inauguration Video of Truman's Second Inauguration from cspan.org (with audio)] * [https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/truman.asp Text of Truman's Inaugural Address] {{US inaugurations}} [[Category:1949 in the United States]] [[Category:Harry S. Truman]] [[Category:United States presidential inaugurations|Truman, Harry S.]] {{multistub|history|US}}