President Joe Biden ended his first day in office with a note of hope and optimism, closing his inaugural activities with an appearance at the Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday night, where he asked the nation to answer his call for unity, saying it will require "us to come together in common love that defines us as Americans."
Five members of Colorado s congressional delegation plan to attend President-elect Joe Biden s inauguration Wednesday in Washington, D.C., with most of the four skipping the event saying they ll watch remotely, citing last-minute changes to security and pandemic-related protocols.
Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States at 10 a.m. MT on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, capping a transfer of power marred by the deadly Jan. 6 riot when some supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump attempted to block certification of the election results.
Breaking with tradition and under a cloud of impeachment, Trump won t be in attendance â he departed for his home in Florida around 6 a.m. MT â and instead of hundreds of thousands of observers, only about 1,000 members of Congress, governors and other dignitaries will be on hand to watch Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris take the oath of office.
Brandon Holveck and Jeff Neiburg, Delaware News Journal
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4:48 am UTC Jan. 21, 2021
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. became the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, sworn in to an office that had eluded him for decades at the site of a violent insurrection just two weeks before.
He took the oath of office with his history-making vice president, Kamala Harris, on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, where on Jan. 6 a violent mob stormed into the halls of Congress, creating a dark day in American history.
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U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden watch fireworks at the White House on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. Biden.
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SOUTHAMPTON – On Tuesday evening, town officials and members of the community held a candlelight vigil outside the illuminated town hall and gazebo while others rang the bell of the nearby First Congregational Church for five minutes as a memorial tribute to those lost to the COVID-19 pandemic. The action was part of a nationwide pause to remember called for by President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris who led a similar ceremony at the same moment at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington.
After the bell ringing, select board chair Maureen Groden, who brought her own perspective as a nurse, said, “in this difficult political climate we must not forget that everyone who has died from COVID was someone’s mother, father, grandmother, neighbor.” Then Groden offered condolences with the reading of a short poem by Walter Rinder.
U.S. President Joe Biden plans to re-engage with the World Health Organization and will dispatch the government’s top infectious-disease expert to speak to the group this week, a move seen as a strong repudiation of former President Donald Trump.