8:00 AM Gates open for ticketed attendees — if you have tickets, it will be wise to arrive very early as crowds will be huge and security heavy.

10:00 AM Preliminary festivities begin, including music by The United States Marine Band, The San Francisco Boys Chorus, and the San Francisco Girls Chorus.

11:30 AM If you have tickets to event, you must have passed through security by this time.

Call to Order and Welcoming Remarks: Senator Dianne Feinstein
Invocation: Dr. Rick Warren
Aretha Franklin will sing
Vice President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn into office
Music composed by John Williams and performed by Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Gabriela Montero, and Anthony McGill.

12:00 Noon As specified by the U.S. Constitution (20th Amendment), presidential terms of office begin and end at 12:00 noon on January 20. Barack Obama will take the oath of office, which is this simple, 36-word, statement:

Interesting site on inauguration day events

www.us-inauguration-day-2009.com

By NAFEESA SYEED, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON – On a typical weekday, hundreds of thousands of people commute to the nation’s capital, snarling roads and packing subway trains and buses during peak hours.

Imagine multiplying that several times for Barack Obama’s inauguration Jan. 20.

“I don’t want in any way to discourage anyone,” said the District of Columbia’s city administrator, Dan Tangherlini. “I just don’t want them to come and be completely shocked by what they find.”

It won’t be pleasant, Tangherlini and other officials say.

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There are likely millions more who would like to be in D.C. on January 20th, but they’re prevented by a combination of factors—the expense of traveling, the mid-week date, the distance to the nation’s capital, the chance of bitter January weather and those crowds that are estimated to swell to record proportions. I considered airways, railways and highways, and soon realized that all modes were either too clogged, too expensive, or both.

That’s the bad news. The good news is there are myriad ways to witness history, and they all don’t require you to stand thirty-deep on Pennsylvania Avenue. Depending on where you’ll be two weeks from now, one of these choices might work for you.

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Steve Muller and friends would like you to fly your first flag for Obama on Inauguration Day 2009.

Real all about it at Steve’s Blog: www.myfirstflag.org

www.myfirstflag.org

Yesterday the Presidential Inaugural Committee announced a theme for President-elect Obama’s inauguration. The theme, “Restoring America’s Promise,“ highlights the new administration’s mission to restore opportunity and possibility for all Americans and to rebuild America’s role as a beacon of hope around the globe.

We also introduced a preliminary schedule for the inaugural ceremonies. In keeping with the theme, the schedule is all about public participation. So far on the calendar:

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Learn everything you need to know about the official activities of inaugural day.

http://inaugural.senate.gov/

A New Birth of Freedom

Barack Obama will be sworn in as president just days before the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, and his inauguration theme will reflect the timing: “A New Birth Of Freedom,” a phrase from the Gettysburg Address. www.huffingtonpost.com

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The Presidential Inaugural Committee, at the direction of President-elect Obama and Vice President-elect Biden, will organize an inclusive and accessible inauguration that reflects the new Administration’s commitment to leadership that sets aside partisanship and unites the nation around our shared values and ideals. www.pic2009.org/page/invite/updates