President-elect Donald Trump will have his hand on two Bibles during his swearing-in ceremony on Monday, marking the 60th Presidential Inauguration.
Trump’s Bible, given to him by his mother in 1955, will be used. It was used to mark his Sunday Church Primary School graduation at First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, New York. The Bible is a 1953 revised standard version published by Thomas Nelson and Sons. Trump’s name is embossed on the front cover, and inside the cover are signatures of church officials, an inscription of the president’s name, and details of when it was presented to him.
In addition to his sentimental Bible, Trump will also use the Lincoln Bible, first used in 1861 to swear in the 16th U.S. president.
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“It has only been used three times since, by President Obama at each of his inaugurations and by President Trump at his first inauguration in 2017,” states Trump’s team. “The burgundy velvet-bound book is part of the collections of the Library of Congress.”
President Obama also took the oath of office on two Bibles back in 2013. One was owned by Martin Luther King Jr. and the other was the Lincoln Bible.
Michelle Obama holds the Lincoln Bible as she arrives at the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America on the West Front of the Capitol Jan. 20, 2009, in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson)
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When Trump is sworn in as the 47th President of the United States inside the Capitol’s rotunda, he will do so facing a bust of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the federal holiday commemorating King’s legacy.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
