Pop Quiz: Name the First Poet to take part in a Presidential Inauguration?

Who was the first poet to take part in a U.S. Presidential Inauguration?

 

Answer: Robert Frost, at the inauguration of John F. Kennedy in January 1961. Robert Frost was born on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco. For more on Robert Frost, check out this post “A Lover’s Quarrel With the World.”

Don’t Know Much About® the American Presidents (Hyperion paperback-April 15, 2014)

Don’t Know Much About® Literature- A collection of quick quizzes written with Jenny Davis