MARCH FOURTH
\mˈɑːt͡ʃ fˈɔːθ], \mˈɑːtʃ fˈɔːθ], \m_ˈɑː_tʃ f_ˈɔː_θ]\
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The day chosen for the Presidential inauguration. Its choice dates from the year 1788, that day being designated, after the ratification of the Constitution by the States, as inauguration day, by the Congress of the old Confederation. They fixed on the first Wednesday in January, 1789, for the choice of the electors; the first Wednesday in February for the voting by the electors; the first Wednesday in March (March 4 that year) for the inauguration. The Twelfth Amendment makes this the constitutional day.
By John Franklin Jameson
