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99% Invisible-24- The Capitol Columns

Published: May 6, 2011, 4:18 a.m.

If you were present for any of the presidential inaugurations, from Andrew Jackson to Dwight D. Eisenhower, you saw the solemn oath of office taken between twenty-two smooth, sandstone columns at the East Portico of the U.S. Capitol Building.