Oath of office of the President of the United States with the president-elect repeating those phrases, until the oath was completed. By convention, incoming presidents raise their right hand and place the left on a Bible or other book while taking the oath of office. In 1789, George Washington took the oath of office with an altar Bible borrowed from the St. John's Lodge No. 1, Ancient York Masons lodge in New York, and he kissed the Bible afterward. Subsequent presidents up to and including Harry Truman, followed suit. Dwight Eisenhower broke that tradition in 1953 when he said a prayer instead of kissing the Bible. Theodore Roosevelt did not
STA Travel including the UK, USA, New Zealand, Japan, Malaysia and Thailand. In 2010, the STA Travel group launched its new travel brand Bridge the World, marking the company's first venture outside the youth and student market, targeting an older and more affluent demographic. STA Travel acquired the BUNAC brand and its business of arranging overseas work and volunteer programmes in 2011, and signed marketing partnership deals with Tourism New Zealand and Tourism Australia in 2013. In 2014, the company opted to replace the Student Travel Association abbreviation with "Start The Adventure" so as to dissuade anyone that it is solely a