Washington City Paper What We Know About Inauguration Day So Far D.C. should expect about 20,000 National Guard members, and restaurants, hotels, and other businesses are already closing. Success! You re on the list. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn t process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. Processing…
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Inauguration Day is five days away. Law enforcement, from Metropolitan Police Department officers to National Guard troops, line the streets around the U.S. Capitol and White House. Downtown D.C. is a place of plywood and concrete barriers. The District is under a state of emergency until Jan. 24. Expect interruptions to daily life until the inauguration is over.
The 59th inauguration is just five days away, with extra security protocols in place, and celebrity appearances by Tom Hanks, Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake and more. Here's what you need to know.
At the swearing-in ceremony, the Rev. Leo O’Donovan, a former Georgetown University president, will give the invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance will be led by Andrea Hall, a firefighter from Georgia. There will be a poetry reading from Amanda Gorman, the first national youth poet laureate, and the benediction will be given by the Rev. Silvester Beaman of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Wilmington, Delaware.
The committee has announced several celebrities including Justin Timberlake, Demi Lovato, Jon Bon Jovi and Tom Hanks are lined up to participate in Celebrating America, a 90-minute special on the evening of Jan. 20.
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Hollywood actor Tom Hanks will host a primetime television special on January 20 to celebrate the inauguration of Joe Biden as the President of United States. Jon Bon Jovi, Demi Lovato, Justin Timberlake and Ant Clemons will also be a part of the 90 minutes show Celebrating America .
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be sown in on Inauguration Day, Wednesday, Jan. 20 in Washington, D.C., around 12 p.m. Eastern time. This time, the inauguration will look different from the previous inaugurations due to the unprecedented nature of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The 59th inauguration is inching closer, but it'll look different this year with a much smaller crowd due to concerns over COVID-19 and political violence. Here's what you need to know.