What is George Washington Inaugural Bible?
[[File:Washington inauguration bible.jpg|thumb|Inaugural Bible as displayed at [[Federal Hall National Memorial]]]] The '''George Washington Inaugural Bible''' is the [[Bible]] that was [[Oath of office of the President of the United States|sworn upon]] by [[George Washington]] when [[First inauguration of George Washington|he took office]] as the first [[President of the United States]] on April 30, 1789. The Bible is the [[King James Version]] from 1767.<ref>[http://www.stjohns1.org/portal/gwib St. John's Lodge No. 1 George Washington Inaugural Bible information]</ref> [[St. John's Lodge (New York)|St. John's Lodge No. 1]], Ancient York Masons, own the bible. Some people believe the Bible was randomly opened to [[Genesis 49]] during the ceremony, although some experts believe Washington purposely chose it.<ref>[http://www.fcassociates.com/id27.htm Ceresi, Frank and McMains, Carol ''National Treasures - The George Washington Inaugural Bible''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050528022710/http://www.fcassociates.com/id27.htm |date=May 28, 2005 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The very first inauguration|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOA1oagp1-Y|archive-url=|archive-date=|website=YouTube}}</ref> The Bible has since been used for the inaugurations of [[Warren G. Harding]] in [[Inauguration of Warren G. Harding|1921]], [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] in [[First inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower|1953]], [[Jimmy Carter]] in [[Inauguration of Jimmy Carter|1977]], and [[George H. W. Bush]] in [[Inauguration of George H. W. Bush|1989]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:George Washington]] [[Category:Bibles]]