Ronald Reagan was the first pres. sworn in on the west front of this bldg., facing the moving vista of the Natl. Mall
The inauguration was the first to be held on the West Front 
of the United ... Another factor was the ability of the facing National Mall to 
accommodate ... vista offered by the West Front, invoking the symbolism of the 
Presidential... [DOC] [TLE] Who Moved the Inauguration?