VMI Corps Participation since 1909

The VMI Corps of Cadets enjoys a one hundred year history of participation in presidential inaugural parades. Cadets marched in their first parade in March 1909, when they departed Lexington on a special seven-car train to take part in the inauguration of William Howard Taft. The 1909 trip was a three day affair, and included a trip to a Washington theater to see the popular play "The Merry Widow." 

• 1909 - William Howard Taft 
• 1913 - Woodrow Wilson 
• 1917 - Woodrow Wilson 
• 1949 - Harry Truman 
• 1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower 
• 1961 - John F. Kennedy 
• 1969 - Richard Nixon 
• 1973 - Richard Nixon 
• 1977 - Jimmy Carter 
• 1981 - Ronald Reagan; the 1985 parade was cancelled due to inclement weather
• 1989 - George H. W. Bush 
• 2005 - George W. Bush 
• 2009 - Barack Obama  
• 2013 - Barack Obama 
• 2017 - Donald Trump