To enhance the excitement of his unveiling or perhaps to forestall unwelcome comments officials plan to install him under cover of darkness just hours before the fair opens.
For the day, Roberts lost some of his customary equanimity as he brooded about making such a public mistake. (He went to the White House the next day, and the oath was repeated, correctly, to forestall any challenges to its legality.) Since then, Roberts has put the embarrassment behind him and even made it the subject of a little humor at his own expense.