[1] During the ceremony, Look With Pride On Our Flag, a song dedicated to President Nixon and composed by Hank Fort, was played.

[2] Weather conditions for 12 noon at Washington National Airport, located 3.1 miles (4.8 km) from the ceremony, were: 42 °F (6 °C), wind 16 mph (25 km/h), and cloudy.

Other officers of the committee and its working groups included Jeb Magruder, Mark Evans, Ken Rietz, Ed Cowling, Ann Dore, Pam Powell.

[4] When former president Lyndon B. Johnson, whom Nixon succeeded four years earlier, died two days after the inauguration, several events planned were cancelled to allow for a state funeral.

The committee developed reservations about the appropriateness of Lincoln's address at the inauguration in the climate of war, and pulled Persichetti's composition from the program after it had been announced.