Jacques-Louis David, The Oath of the Horatii, 1784, Paris, Louvre Instead, he points to the neoclassical French painter Jacques-Louis David, who gave the salute its first major cultural moment in ...

His neoclassical paintings drew heavily on themes from Roman history, with the embellishment of the straight-armed salute. Jacques-Louis David's 'Oath of the Horatii' (Photo by VCG Wilson/Corbis via ...

In a Neoclassicist masterpiece painted on the eve of the French Revolution, Jacques-Louis David depicts the beginning of an epic Roman story in The Oath of the Horatii. Jacques-Louis David’s Napoleon ...

The tradition of swearing the oath of office on a Bible stretches back to George Washington, but not all presidents have observed it. By Elizabeth Dias National religion correspondent As Donald J.

For the second time, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office on Inauguration Day Monday in Washington, D.C., by raising his right hand and putting his left hand on top of a Bible.

This oath indicates a clear loyalty to the Constitution, and the president is asked to do all he can to honor that loyalty. The president becomes a public servant, a servant to the people — an ...

WASHINGTON — The chief justice of the Supreme Court traditionally administers the oath of office to the incoming president, while the vice president has more flexibility in choosing who reads ...

Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Monday, Jan. 20, taking the presidential oath without placing his hand on the Bibles Melania held beside him Lizzie Hyman is a ...

On Monday, President-elect Donald Trump will, for the second time, take the presidential oath of office. The oath, found in Article II of the Constitution reads: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm ...

WASHINGTON – Instead of looking out over a sea of people when he took his oath of office on Monday, President Donald Trump raised his right hand in front of an elite − and largely enthusiastic ...

Inauguration live updates: Donald Trump to take oath of office, return for second term Live updates: Florida moments from the Trump inauguration in Trump became only the second ...