people of my parents' generation remember where they were when JFK was assassinated. people of my generation, sadly, remember where they were during the OJ police chase. everyone remembers where they were on 9/11.
i was watching t.v. with my dad, fresh out of the peace corps in malawi, central africa, only five days prior. i quit the peace corps, due mostly to philosophical reasons, and was still processing my experience as a 23 year-old american girl-woman in what was then the 7th poorest country in the world when i watched the newscasts in utter disbelief.
in order to avoid an image-free post, here's a picture i shot near the village in which i stayed, kambenje, a 45-minute ride, in the back of a pick-up truck, away from the nearest paved road. talk about isolation!
i'm thankful that there is political hope on the horizon and that adam and i didn't have to make a b-line for canada or mexico.
that was a long-winded introduction to the inaugural events of tuesday, details of which were surprisingly not super easy to find, so i am posting them here.
regardless of for whom you voted in the election, this is history.
from http://inaugurationday2009.com/schedule.html:
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 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 the Inauguration ceremony, you must have passed through security by this time.
|
| 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, 35-word, statement:
|
| 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:
|
| 1:00 PM (approx) | Inaugural Luncheon. For details on the menu and invited guests, see the news release. |
| 2:30 PM (approx) | Parade down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House. If you have tickets, you need to be in your seats by 1:00 PM. There is open seating along Pennsylvania Avenue. For information on how to get to the parade route, for people with and without tickets, see the Inaugural Committee'sparade information page. |
| Evening | There are many inaugural balls held around Washington, DC. Some will be hosted by President Obama, others are just parties.
Balls Hosted by President Obama
Unofficial Balls
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