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Presidential inaugurations have evolved since George Washington's simple New York City ceremony, April 30, 1789.

President-elect Donald Trump will begin his day with worship then proceed to the capitol for his swearing-in and inaugural address followed by a luncheon and parade down Pennsylvania Ave. to the White House.

Here's a look at some past inaugurations.

President Calvin Coolidge rides in a car during his inaugural parade in Washington, D.C., U.S. in March 1925.

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The first-known photograph of a presidential inauguration shows James Buchanan at the east front of the U.S. Capitol during his March 1857 inauguration.

William Howard Taft and President Theodore Roosevelt head to the Capitol for Taft’s inauguration in Washington, D.C., U.S. March 1909. A blizzard the night before left ten inches of snow in Washington, forcing the inauguration indoors to the Senate Chamber.

Photographers at the Taft inauguration in Washington, D.C., U.S. March 1909. Thousands of city workers removed snow along the parade route, and for the first time in inaugural history the first lady joined the president in the parade to the White House.

The crowd dances at President Herbert Hoover’s inaugural ball at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., U.S. in March 1929. Before the year was over, the Roaring Twenties would come to an end and the Great Depression would begin.

The inaugural parade for Franklin Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., U.S. in March 1933. Roosevelt’s first term was the last to commence on March 4th. The 20th amendment, ratified in January 1933, moved Inauguration Day to January 20th.

U.S. District Judge Sarah T. Hughes became the first woman to administer the presidential oath when she swore in Lyndon B. Johnson on board Air Force One just two hours after President John Kennedy was shot November 22, 1963.

A peanut-shaped float passes by the Review Stand for the inauguration of Jimmy Carter in Washington, D.C., U.S. January 1977.