Donald Trump's Inauguration Day begins with stunning sunrise over U.S. Capitol

Even the sky seemed to be in on the show in Washington, D.C. on Friday. Donald Trump's Inauguration Day began with a spectacular sunrise that turned the sky over the Capitol brilliant shades of yellow, peach, and orange:

Not every president has been so lucky; President Ulysses S. Grant's second inauguration in 1873 had a wind chill of 30 degrees below zero, and when President Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated his second time in 1937, it rained almost two inches.

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