The inaugural parade is like an extension of the president's personality, ... Dwight Eisenhower, for example. A conservative guy. A military man. Short and simple was what his inauguration parade was all about.

They don't have a lot of floodlights because this is a daytime parade. I'm trying to announce who's coming and I couldn't see anything. It was embarrassing.

The starting time of the parade is actually determined by the length of time of the traditional brunch,

[? Jimmy Carter. As usual, it was brutally cold, but the new president, his wife Rosalyn and daughter Amy took an unannounced walk from Capitol Hill to the White House.] One of the things I remember, ... is many of the marching band members' lips froze to their instrument mouthpieces. First aid was busy.

For me, to have this opportunity to introduce presidents of the United States -- I'm overwhelmed,

I'm looking right down at the president, and if he lifts his head up he's looking straight at me,