Specially built stands on the Capitol’s East Front were festooned with garlands and jammed with onlookers when the House and Senate met in Joint Session to witness the inauguration of Warren Harding as President. The crowd included Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., a few rows back on the left, wearing a black robe and cap and white moustache, and Vice President Calvin Coolidge to the right, holding his top hat in his hands.
