{"id":35,"date":"2018-06-18T18:59:58","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T18:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dereklehane.ie\/wordpress\/?p=35"},"modified":"2018-11-26T19:21:34","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T19:21:34","slug":"inaugural-license-plates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dereklehane.ie\/?p=35","title":{"rendered":"Inaugural License Plates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every four years, and coinciding with the inauguration of the US President in January of that year, the District of Columbia issued special inaugural license plates. These plates had three-month validity (January 1st to March 31th) and could be used on cars in DC and US states in place of the regularly-issued license plates<\/p>\n<p>Inaugural plates continue to be issued, but only to officials and dignitaries participating in the inauguration. Because of security concerns, inaugural license plates were not made available to the public following the first inauguration of President George W Bush<\/p>\n<p>The run of personalized (<b><i>DEREK) <\/i><\/b>inaugural license plates covers presidential inaugurations from 1981 to 2005<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-759 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/dereklehane.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DC-DEREK-1981-e1543259545848-300x149.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dereklehane.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DC-DEREK-1981-e1543259545848-300x149.jpg 300w, http:\/\/dereklehane.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DC-DEREK-1981-e1543259545848-600x298.jpg 600w, http:\/\/dereklehane.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DC-DEREK-1981-e1543259545848.jpg 727w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-760 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/dereklehane.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DC-DEREK-1985-e1543259649452-300x151.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dereklehane.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DC-DEREK-1985-e1543259649452-300x151.jpg 300w, http:\/\/dereklehane.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DC-DEREK-1985-e1543259649452-600x302.jpg 600w, http:\/\/dereklehane.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DC-DEREK-1985-e1543259649452.jpg 674w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-761 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/dereklehane.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DC-DEREK-1989-e1543259724460-300x153.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dereklehane.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DC-DEREK-1989-e1543259724460-300x153.jpg 300w, http:\/\/dereklehane.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DC-DEREK-1989-e1543259724460-600x306.jpg 600w, http:\/\/dereklehane.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DC-DEREK-1989-e1543259724460.jpg 677w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-762 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/dereklehane.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DC-DEREK-1993-e1543259808448-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dereklehane.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DC-DEREK-1993-e1543259808448-300x150.jpg 300w, http:\/\/dereklehane.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DC-DEREK-1993-e1543259808448-600x300.jpg 600w, http:\/\/dereklehane.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DC-DEREK-1993-e1543259808448.jpg 663w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-763 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/dereklehane.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DC-DEREK-1997-e1543259904895-300x155.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dereklehane.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DC-DEREK-1997-e1543259904895-300x155.jpg 300w, http:\/\/dereklehane.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DC-DEREK-1997-e1543259904895-600x310.jpg 600w, http:\/\/dereklehane.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DC-DEREK-1997-e1543259904895.jpg 688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-764 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/dereklehane.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DC-DEREK-2001-e1543260002111-300x153.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dereklehane.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DC-DEREK-2001-e1543260002111-300x153.jpg 300w, http:\/\/dereklehane.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DC-DEREK-2001-e1543260002111-600x305.jpg 600w, http:\/\/dereklehane.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DC-DEREK-2001-e1543260002111.jpg 674w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-765 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/dereklehane.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DC-DEREK-2005-e1543260070451-300x151.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dereklehane.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DC-DEREK-2005-e1543260070451-300x151.jpg 300w, http:\/\/dereklehane.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DC-DEREK-2005-e1543260070451-600x303.jpg 600w, http:\/\/dereklehane.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DC-DEREK-2005-e1543260070451.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every four years, and coinciding with the inauguration of the US President in January of that year, the District of Columbia issued special inaugural license plates. 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