Democrat Joe Biden was sworn in as president of the United States on Wednesday, assuming the helm of a country reeling from deep political divides, a battered economy and a raging coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 400,000 Americans. With his hand on an heirloom Bible that has been in his family for more than a century, Biden took the presidential oath of office
While we have our eyes on the future, history has our eyes on us, Gorman said on stage. This is the era of just redemption.
Gorman continues a tradition for Democratic presidents that includes such celebrated poets as Robert Frost and Maya Angelou. The latter s “On the Pulse of Morning, written for the 1993 inauguration of President Bill Clinton, went on to sell more than 1 million copies when published in book form. Recent readers include poets Elizabeth Alexander and Richard Blanco.
Gorman is the youngest inaugural poet in memory, and she has made news before. In 2014, she was named the first Youth Poet Laureate of Los Angeles, and three years later she became the country s first National Youth Poet Laureate. She has appeared on MTV; written a tribute to Black athletes for Nike; and has a two-book deal with Viking Children s Books. The first work, the picture book “Change Sings, comes out later this year.
Hillary Clinton congratulated Kamala Harris on becoming the nation s first female vice president on Wednesday, as she welcomed the next four years of a Democratic government under President Joe Biden.
The failed presidential candidate celebrated the historic milestone in a heartfelt post on Twitter hours ahead of Harris and Biden s inauguration in Washington. It delights me to think that what feels historical and amazing to us today - a woman sworn in to the vice presidency - will seem normal, obvious, of course to Kamala s grand-nieces as they grow up, Clinton tweeted alongside a photo of Kamala and her niece Meena s two daughters.
Navy veteran asks women to wear pearls Wednesday in honor of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris
Hope Aloaye created a Facebook group to invite women all over the world to celebrate the first woman elected as Vice President of the United States. Author: Emily Longnecker Updated: 10:14 AM EST January 20, 2021
WASHINGTON My first thought was, It’s about time, said Hope Aloaye, speaking of the moment she learned Kamala Harris would become the next vice president of the United States. Second thought was, She made it. She made it, added Aloaye, who lives in Florida and spent 26 years in the United States Navy.
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