Weather and Inauguration Day: Mother Nature can play a role in the swearing in

President Barack Obama will be sworn in for his second term today and while the weather looks to cooperate for the ceremony on the steps of the Capitol, that hasn’t always been the case. Mother Nature has impacted previous Inauguration Days and most famously led to the death of a president.  Read the rest of this story on Examiner.com

Artist's depiction of March 4, 1841 and William Henry Harrison's inauguration. Harrison contracted pneumonia on a wet and cold day would die 30 days later. Learn more at the link. (Library of Congress)
Artist's depiction of March 4, 1841 and William Henry Harrison's inauguration. Harrison contracted pneumonia on a wet and cold day would die 30 days later. Learn more at the link. (Library of Congress)

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