Inauguration Day: America Transfers Power Every Four Years
A bloodless revolution happens every four years: one president walks off the stage, another walks on. Twelve precise minutes of transfer, the nuclear codes changing hands, the most peaceful power shift on earth. And it happens right there on the west front of the Capitol, where marble meets democracy. Exactly at noon, the incoming president places a hand on a sacred book and transforms from citizen to commander-in-chief. No tanks. No coup. Just words, a promise, and the smooth mechanical heart of a republic that believes in peaceful change.
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