President Aguinaldo walks to his inauguration from the convento of Malolos Cathedral to Barasoian Church, January 23, 1899.
Baraosian Church today. The 1899 and 1998 inaugurals were held here.
The inaugural day begins with the family of the president-elect attending a worship service. Here, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. reads the lesson during mass, in the Ceremonial Hall of the Palace, in 1969. Marcos was the first president re-elected to office since Quezon in 1941.
President-elect Macapagal leaves his San Juan home en route to Malacanan Palace to fetch incumbent President Garcia, December 30, 1961.
President Magsaysay was invited to try out the presidential chair by President Quirino when he arrived to fetch Quirino for his inaugural, December 30, 1953.
President Osmena and President-elect Roxas leave Malacanan Palace en route to Roxas' inauguration, May 28, 1946. Osmena was the only president to witness his successor's inauguration until President Aquino did the same thing in 1998.
Quezon's inauguration in front of the Legislative Building, November 15, 1935.
Laurel's inauguration in front of the Legislative Building, October 23, 1943.
The ruins of the Legislative Building, 1945.
President Osmena and President Roxas walked to the ruins of the Legislative Building from the main entrance of Manila City Hall.
The ruins of the legislative building.
View of Manila City Hall and the ruins of the legislative building, 1945.
Legislative Building today.
Independence ceremonies, July 4, 1946. The temporary grandstand was built in front of the Rizal Monument.
On July 4, 1946 as part of the Independence Ceremony, President Roxas retook his oath of office.
View of the Independence Grandstand built during the Quirino Admin. facing the Rizal Monument. Today it's known as the Quirino Grandstand.
View of the Independence Grandstand built during the Quirino Admin. facing the Rizal Monument. Today it's known as the Quirino Grandstand. The central portion was demolished in the early 1950s.
View of the Independence Grandstand built during the Quirino Admin. facing the Rizal Monument. Today it's known as the Quirino Grandstand. The wings were extended over time.
View of theQuirinoGrandstand from Agrifina Circle.
Where the Independence Ceremony took place is now the Independence Flagpole.
The Quirino Grandstand faces the Rizal Monument, commemorating the foremost martyr of the 1896 independence struggle, the independence flagpole, where independence was restored in 1946, and from which flies the Philippine flag, which was unfurled when independence was proclaimed on June 12, 1898. The vista of a new president, then, is the entire span of our struggle for independence.
President-elect Macapagal fetches President Garcia, 1961.
President Quirino arrives for his inaugural, 1949.
President Quirino receives military honors for the last time, accompanied by President-elect Magsaysay. After that, they shook hands and President Quirino departed while President-elect Magsaysay ascended the platform for his oathtaking.
President Marcos at his 1981 inaugural.
The inaugural parade for President Quirino, 1949.
Inauguration of Quezon, 1935.
Generals Aguinaldo and Ricarte raise the flag at the 1943 inaugural of Laurel.
Vice-President Macapagal takes his oath, 1957.
Quezon takes his oath, 1935.
Roxas takes his oath, 1946.
Macapagal takes his oath, 1961.
Estrada signs his oath of office, 1998.
Quezon delivers his inaugural address.
Aguinaldo, Quezon, Laurel, Quirino and Garcia wore western formal wear to their inaugurations. Roxas wore an ordinary suit. Magsaysay was the first to wear a barong tagalog, followed by Macapagal, Marcos, Ramos, Estrada.
Laurel delivers his inaugural address, 1943.
The massive crowd at Magsaysay's 1953 inaugural.
Marcos at his inaugural.
Magsaysay was the first to wear a barong tagalog to his inaugural.
US VP Bush at the 1981 Marcos inaugural.
After the inaugural is the climbing of the stairs of Malacanan Palace by the new president. This is a tradition started by Quezon because of the legend that Rizal's mother climbed the stairs of Malacanang to plead for the life of her son. The President climbing the stairs symbolizes that a leader elected by the people can stand tall in contrast to the era of colonial oppression.
Roxas climbs the stairs for the first time as president, May 28, 1946, accompanied by his wife and mother.
Quirino climbs the stairs upon the death of Roxas, April 1948.
Marcos' 1986 inaugural in the Executive Building of Malacanan Palace.
Sergio Osmena congratulated by U.S. Associate Justice Robert Jackson after he administered the oath of office, August 1, 1944, Washington D.C. Osmena was the first Vice-President to succeed to the presidency upon the death of his predecessor.
Carlos P. Garcia takes his oath of office as president in the Council of State Room, Executive Building, Malacanan Palace upon the death of President Ramon Magsaysay, March, 1957.
378074 02: Corazon Aquino is sworn-in as President February 25, 1986 in the Philippines. Corazon Aquino became president when the public and military sought to unseat Ferdinand Marcos. (Photo by Robin Moyer/Liaison)
Newly-widowed former First Lady Luz Magsaysay, and former first Lady Trinidad Roxas at the 1957 inaugural of Carlos P. Garcia.
President-elect Quezon arrives at his inaugural with the last American Governor-General, Frank Murphy.
Chief Justice Ramon Avancena was the first Chief Justice to administer the oath of office to a president-elect, on November 15, 1935.
Quezon delivering his inaugural address, November 15, 1935.
Three inaugurals were held on the steps of the Legislative Building, this was the first, on November 15, 1935. The Filipino flag was a gift to President Quezon from Gen. Artemio Ricarte, the Filipino revolutionary general still living in exile at that time in Japan.
Another view of Quezon delivering his inaugural address, November 15, 1935. This was the first inaugural address in English.
The Legislative Building prior to World War II.
View from the crowd gathered to witness the inaugural of President Quezon, November 15, 1935.
President Fidel V. Ramos and President-elect Joseph Ejercito Estrada arriving together at Barasoain Church, June 30, 1998
President-elect Joseph Ejercito Estrada a and Vice President-elect Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at their inaugural at Barasoian Church. Diosdado Macapagal was the first Vice-President who did not come from the same political party as the President. He was also the first Vice-President not given a cabinet position by a president. Since then, Macapagal, Laurel, Estrada, Arroyo, Guingona and de Castro have been the Vice-Presidents who did not come from the party of the incumbent president.
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, 2nd from left, is sworn-in by Chief Justice Hilario Davide, right, as the 14th president of the Philippines, at the historic EDSA Peoples Power shrine in suburban Mandaluyong, east of Manila, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2001. Observing is Arroyo's husband Jose Miguel Tuason Arroyo, left, Manila Archbishop Cardinal Jaime Sin, and Arroyo's daughter Luli between Arroyo and Davide. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
Seal of the Vice-President of the Philippines.
Seal of the President of the Philippines.
Vice-Presidential Flag
The Presidential Flag.
Coat of arms of the Republic of the Philippines.
