Over the vast, silent crowd on Capitol Hill and through homes and offices across the land, the voice rang sharp & clear: "I, Dwight D. Eisenhower, do solemnly swear . . . [to] preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States—so help me God." Black-robed Chief Justice Vinson stepped back, and the new President of the U.S. stood alone.
He began with a prayer: "Almighty God . . . give us, we pray, the power to discern clearly right from wrong . . . so that all may work for the...
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