Ronald Reagan was the first pres. sworn in on the west front of this bldg., facing the moving vista of the Natl. Mall
[DOC] [TLE] D.C. readies for Reagan ceremonies - tribunedigital-baltimoresun [PAR] Jun 9, 2004 ... For a president who was known in life as a master of the staged ... A riderless 
horse will be led behind the caisson, the stirrups bearing backward-facing boots 
to symbolize the parting ... That means Reagan, the first president to hold his 
inauguration on the West Front -- with a vista down the National Mall... [DOC] [TLE] First inauguration of Ronald Reagan - Wikiwand [PAR] Jan 20, 1981 ...