President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office while carrying two Bibles. One was a gift from his mother, and the other was used by President Abraham Lincoln at his inauguration in 1861.
The president-elect's personal Bible was given to him by his mother in 1955 “to commemorate his graduation from Sunday Church Elementary School at First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, New York,” according to a report by the Trump Inaugural Committee obtained by Fox News. This was revealed in a press release. state.
According to the paper, President Trump's Bible is the Standard Version revised in 1953.
He will also be sworn in with the historic Lincoln Bible, which was used by former President Barack Obama at both of his inauguration ceremonies and by President Trump at his first.
“Since then, it has been used only three times by President Obama at each inauguration ceremony and by President Trump at his first inauguration ceremony in 2017,” the Trump Presidential Inaugural Committee said. “This burgundy velvet-bound book is part of the Library of Congress collection.”
