"May the Queen of Soul rest in eternal peace," the Obamas wrote. Barack Obama's 2009 Presidential Inauguration was a generation-defining moment and no one was more suited to bring it home than the ...

A long time ago in (2009) in an America far, far away (this one), Aretha Franklin, who died today at 76, performed at Barack Obama’s first presidential inauguration. Moments before Obama was swo ...

Remember Aretha Franklin's 2009 Inauguration hat? It's not gone. Jan. 18, 2013 — -- Jan. 20, 2009 was an historic day. Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States.

Aretha Franklin punched her fist in the air ... It was an annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day concert, not an inaugural event, but thoughts of Obama's historic day ahead were on everyone's mind.

Aretha Franklin will sing, Pastor Rick Warren will pray and Yo-Yo Ma will play the cello during President-elect Barack Obama’s Inauguration. Congressional leaders on Wednesday announced the ...

After the legendary Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, died in 2018 at ... bow hat that Franklin wore to his first inauguration. Groundbreaking on the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago’s South ...

“She was a huge Obama supporter ... it’s easy to see why she wouldn’t want to perform at Trump’s inauguration. Aretha Franklin ‘worked for me,’ claims Trump. Did she?

Amid the battle for Aretha Franklin's estate, former President Barack Obama has asked for one thing: the silver bow hat she wore to his first inauguration. According to a report from the New York ...

“Trump, who knew Franklin leaned liberal and had sung for Obama ... Says She Hopes to Make Aretha Franklin ‘Proud’ in Playing Her Idol in Respect Trump’s inauguration became a major ...

The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, died on Thursday at the ... During Franklin’s performance at President Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration, her Swarovski-crystal-studded hat immediately ...

Aretha Franklin performed at President Jimmy ... In 2013, as Biden was sworn in as VP for the second time during Obama’s inauguration, the former Delaware senator witnessed Beyoncé’s assured ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...