Biden, Harris call for healing in COVID-19 memorial ahead of inauguration
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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, wife Jill Biden, U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, and husband Douglas Emhoff attend an event at the Lincoln Memorial honoring those who have died during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Al Drago/UPI | License Photo
The Lincoln Memorial was lined with 400 lights each representing 1,000 people who have died as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Al Drago/UPI | License Photo
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden urged Americans to remember those lost in the pandemic as the first step to healing. Photo by Al Drago/UPI | License Photo
Tonight (January 19), celebrations began for the inauguration of President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice PresidentâElect Kamala Harris, who will be officially sworn into office tomorrow. Japanese Breakfast was among the musicians to perform this evening. She played âEverybody Wants to Love You!â from her 2016 record
Psychopomp. Watch Michelle Zauner play with a full band below. (Japanese Breakfastâs set starts at about 27:35.)
Japanese Breakfast played during the AAPI Inaugural Ball: Breaking Barriers segment of tonightâs events. The event linked up IMPACT and RUN AAPI to celebrate the nationâs Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.
Tomorrow, a number of stars will perform at the inauguration ceremony. Lady Gaga will sing the National Anthem, and artists like Jennifer Lopez, Bruce Springsteen, Justin Timberlake, and others will also perform.
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Hours from inauguration, President-elect Joe Biden paused on what might have been his triumphal entrance to Washington to mark instead the national tragedy of the coronavirus pandemic