<p>Does anyone know about what time Obama’s swearing in and inaugural address will be? I’ve checked the list of events and there’s only a start time for the whole affair. If anyone who is more experienced has a good guess on the specifics, I’d love to hear it. Thanks.</p>
<p>If you fortunate enough to visit Washington for the big event or even if you can only watch it on TV, following is the schedule of events.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>11:30 AM - If you have tickets to event, you must have passed through security by this time.</p>
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Call to Order and Welcoming Remarks: Senator Dianne Feinstein
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Invocation: Dr. Rick Warren
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Aretha Franklin will sing
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Vice President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn into office
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Music composed by John Williams and performed by Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Gabriela Montero, and Anthony McGill.
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<p>12:00 Noon - Oath of Office: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of the President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.</p>
<p>12:05 PM (approx) - President Barack Obama will give his inaugural address, speaking to the nation and world, for the first time, as President of the United States, followed by:</p>
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Poem: Elizabeth Alexander
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Benediction: The Reverend Dr. Joseph E. Lowery The National Anthem: The United States Navy Band “Sea Chanters”
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<p>Afternoon (TBD) - Parade down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House. The start time has not yet been announced.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if he is stlll going to ride to town on the train? Will there be TV coverage of that?</p>
<p>(I’m taking a day off work to host a small inaugural party for my mom and sister. We’re on the West Coast and trying to work out the timing.)</p>
<p>Does anyone know if it will be live online? I am part of a team-taught large class on the topic of Social Responsibility. It’s meeting for the second time in the semester at 12 that day. I"m not the primary lecturer at that point, but i"d love to suggest to the team that we pause for the first part of the class (hour and three/quarters long) and watch the speech. We have internet and screens in the room. </p>
<p>I’d hate to miss it, and I think the students should see it, too.</p>
<p>momof2inca, he is leaving on the train after an “event” in Philadelphia on Saturday. They are stopping in Wilmington, Delaware to pick up Joe Biden and family, and then making another stop in Baltimore. Check out this official site for all things “inauguration.” [The</a> Inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden](<a href=“http://www.pic2009.org/content/home/]The”>http://www.pic2009.org/content/home/)</p>
<p>What’s the “event” in Philadelphia?</p>
<p>I share garland’s question - that’s why I was asking. Thanks very much to Singersmom - the part I didn’t know was that the oath of office was at noon.</p>
<p>I’ll be working at a high school that day, and I’d like to find a way to make the inaugural address available to interested students.</p>
<p>Calreader–since I posted this, my S told me CNN would carry it online. I haven’t verified that yet.</p>
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<p>I don’t think there are any details yet, but here’s the overall plan:</p>
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<p>BTW - the oath of office is always at noon. That is the only thing in the schedule you can count on no matter what year.</p>
<p>So good to know all this! Thanks. I did some more looking and found that MSNBC is another site that will be live-streaming, for those of us who need to find it on the web.</p>
<p>So, which station will you turn to when you watch the Inaugural? If I had my way, I’d bring Tim Russert down from whatever celestial perch he is on these days, but alas. I turned to MSNBC for the election coverage, but I’m wondering if I want someone a little less emotional than Chris Matthews or whoever they might pick to host. Maybe NBC with Tom Brokaw is the ticket or will they have Brian Williams (probably the latter, now that I think of it)…</p>
<p>What do you all think?</p>
<p>I think I may stick to C-SPAN for this. All the others think they have to provide way too much filler.</p>