It did not look like there was any way to get within a quarter mile of the inaugural platform without shooting a whole lot of those different cops.

But he had not actually climbed up on to the inaugural platform itself.

The people on the inaugural platform were the last ones to rise to their feet and join in the ovation.

The guests on the inaugural platform drained back into the Capitol as though a plug had been pulled and they were being sucked back into the building.

Living up to his earlier promise, Reagan made the President's Room his first stop after leaving the Capitol's inaugural platform on January 20, 1981.

After taking the oath of office, Mr. Bush left the inaugural platform with Ronald Reagan.

As the new Mayor looked up and down the front row of his inaugural platform, he saw face after Democratic face among his fellow top-office holders.

Although the election was scheduled for November 6, 2012, the congressional committee began construction of the inaugural platform on September 20, 2012.

Although the election was scheduled for November 4, 2008, the congressional committee began construction of the inaugural platform on September 24, 2008.

But most of the people in the Rotunda were invited guests who had been seated in the rows of chairs on the inaugural platform.