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Tuesday’s inauguration schedule

Stolen from here and reposted for my own convenience:

Inauguration schedule:

  • 11:30 a.m. — President-elect Barack Obama will arrive for his swearing-in.
  • 11:46 a.m. — Vice President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in.
  • 12 p.m. — Obama takes the Presidential oath of office, while Hail to the Chief is played and howitzers fire a 21-gun salute.
  • 12:01 p.m. — Obama makes his inaugural address.
  • 12:30 p.m. — The ceremony ends, and the President goes inside the Capitol.
  • 1 p.m. — President Obama will attend a congressional luncheon inside the Capitol.
  • 2 p.m. — Obama rides and/or walks in the inaugural parade, which begins at the Capitol, and continues along Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House, where the President and his family watch from a reviewing stand.
  • 4:30 p.m. — The parade ends, several inaugural balls will take place in the evening and continue into the early morning hours.
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jiefei:
something lucy would appreciate 9o9;
And indeed I do!

jiefei:

something lucy would appreciate 9o9;

And indeed I do!

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For the first time in three months, I am homesick.

It’s as if the whole nation just won the World Series in the US.

The fact that so many Americans went out, stood in lines for hours, all the while believing that their vote mattered, and then voted an intelligent black man president… that just fills me with so much hope. How long has it been since Americans actually believed in the democratic process this much?

I half fled when I moved abroad this summer… but now I feel that the clear blue skies I see out the window for sure stretch all the way to my house back in Massachusetts… and I only wish I could hear the jubilant honking of horns and cheering here. I wish I were home, celebrating with my family.

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CNN.com

CNN.com

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NYT.com

NYT.com

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ABC.com

ABC.com

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A lot to love here:
Ingenuity (check out the upside-down Q’s used instead of O’s and the A instead of a V)
Pro-civic duty
Pro-Obama
AMERICA, ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? (I did already… hope my absentee ballot gets there in time!)

A lot to love here:

  • Ingenuity (check out the upside-down Q’s used instead of O’s and the A instead of a V)
  • Pro-civic duty
  • Pro-Obama

AMERICA, ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? (I did already… hope my absentee ballot gets there in time!)

art 2008 election