JAKARTA - Joe Biden has officially become the 46th President of the United States (US) after being inaugurated on January 20. Investigate Biden put his hand on a Bible that has been in his family for 127 years. The appointment committee says the five-inch Bible is a family heirloom.
As reported by The Washington Post, Biden who is a Catholic, always uses the same Bible in every oath procession during his career as a public servant. In his Bible, there is a record of the date of each of his inauguration ceremonies.
Meanwhile, US Vice President Kamala Harris used a Bible that once belonged to civil rights icon Rosa Parks. This Bible records the Parks family tree.
While it was still in the Library of Congress, it was in a fragile condition, and many of the pages were torn. Then in 2015 the Bible was restored.
Officials say Parks's Bible is one of the rare collections. People know this Bible as the 'Holman Bible'.
The Bible used in the inauguration ceremony often has a special meaning. Donald Trump for example, when he was inaugurated he used two Bibles. One Bible his mother gave him in 1955 and the Bible President Abraham Lincoln used at his inauguration.
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