91-year-old man to attend 18th presidential inauguration
Posted January 18, 2017 11:32 pm.
Last Updated January 19, 2017 6:00 am.
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SALEM, N.J. – Although he’s a Democrat who voted for Hillary Clinton, a 91-year-old New Jersey man will still be travelling to Washington to witness his 18th presidential inauguration in person.
WCAU-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2k2DbtZ ) B. Harold Smick Jr. still can vividly remember Jan. 20, 1941 — the day he witnessed Franklin D. Roosevelt become the only U.S. president sworn into a third term.
That inauguration was the first for the Salem native, who was just 15 when he began the tradition that he will continue on Friday.
A bit of an Oval Office junkie, Smick has collected everything from inaugural buttons to a piece of felt from the stage cover at FDR’s inauguration.
Smick says he’s praying President-elect Donald Trump will bring peace, health care and jobs.
