Reagan waited for the thunder of a cannon salute to subside before he launched into his inaugural speech, laced with patriotism, firmness, and optimism. Bush, wearing a coat the color of a bluejay. His wife, Nancy, in a scarlet wool hat and coast was by his side beyond them, Vice-President George Bush and Mrs. from Chief Justice of the United States Warren Burger. Reagan, looking tanned and fit in the silver-gray tie and morning coat specified for this more formal inauguration, took the 30- second oath of office at 11:57 a.m. A sigh like wind went through the crowd, which had been much more muted during this ceremony than the one at the Carter inaugural. Don Moomaw, President Reagan's Presbyterian pastor. It was a stirring ceremony heightened by the pent-up emotion released when the crowd heard for the first time through an inaugural prayer the news they'd waited so long for: "Thank you, God, for the release of the hostages and for all those who made this moment possible," intoned the Rev. "I hope the sun keeps shining on him like that," said a man in a maroon windbreaker, one of the estimated 100,000 people who turned out to watch the first president ever to take the oath of office against the magnificent stone backdrop of the Capitol's west front. The sun broke through right on cue in a blue marble sky for Ronald Reagan as he became 40th President of the United States in one of the most dramatic inaugurations in history.
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