Okay, it’s Wiki, but often when you want to check some basic facts, you can get what you need:
“Upon completing the oath, the U.S. Army Band (”Pershing’s Own”) played four ruffles and flourishes, but a 21-gun cannon salute was not rendered, which caused a brief delay in the proceedings before Biden was able to deliver his inaugural address. The 21-gun cannon salute for President Biden was later rendered at the wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.[155]”
“Following the Pass in Review, Biden and Harris, along with former presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama, and all their spouses, participated in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.[43] The television package included footage of former presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama at Arlington Memorial Amphitheater discussing the peaceful transition of power.[172] Presidential historian Timothy Naftali noted that the ceremony was significant because Congress had decided on Inauguration Day in 1921, almost a hundred years prior to Biden’s, to bury an unidentified soldier who died in World War I at the spot.[173] Naftali additionally remarked that the gathering of Biden and former presidents to honor the unknown soldiers who died in war served as a “visual message of unity, at a time of anxiety, pain and suffering in [the] country”.[173]”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inauguration_of_Joe_Biden
I’m trying to wrap my head around this.
Let’s say Trump had been sworn in instead that day. Surely the two months between his reelection and his 2nd inauguration would have been beset with a lot of, ahem, turmoil and there would have been security concerns that may have forced things to be scaled back. And I doubt the former presidents would have attended.
I can’t imagine Trump would have wanted to share the spotlight, so to speak, with the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, nor would he have wanted that soldier to share the spotlight with him. And he would not have wanted the visual of a president getting his 21 gun salute at a cemetery.
Even the wiki reference - link below - to what was going to transpire on inauguration day doesn't mention Arlington for the gun salute.
It sure reads like it was to take place just after the swearing in ceremony.
I know Pres. Biden's 21 gun salute was in Arlington. There are multiple different videos that show that.
What i don't know is why Arlington. What\who caused it to be changed?
(I'm surprised the left hasn't tried to cancel Arlington. After all, it did belong to Robert E. Lee.)
I am going to try and reconcile (proof the ifs and\or whys) those things mentioned that were indicated as not traditional to try an put this conspiracy to rest cause it keeps popping up like whack-a-mole.
Right now I am trying to watch 4 different videos (with commentary) of the inauguration. CSPAN\ABC\JCCIC(Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies) and PBS (11+ hours for this one alone) Just shoot me.
Re Xiden inauguration:
Interesting post. Perhaps the dastardly Presidents gathered to show caba|, and minions, they were back in charge? Or to receive orders?
Maybe I wasn't paying enough attention to previous televised inauguration ceremonies, but I don't remember the visit to Arlington Cemetery right after the oath was concluded. The 1985 inauguration (Reagan's second) might be an exception due to the very cold weather that day.