Biden Will Kick Off Inaugural Events at a Ceremony Honoring Victims of Covid-19
Events on Wednesday, when Joseph R. Biden Jr. takes the oath of office, will have a more celebratory theme.
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. worked a conveyor belt assembling food boxes with his daughter and granddaughter in Philadelphia on Monday.Credit.Doug Mills/The New York Times
Jan. 18, 2021
WASHINGTON President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. will arrive in the nation’s capital on Tuesday evening for an inauguration eve ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool honoring the nearly 400,000 people who have died during the coronavirus pandemic that will be his first priority after he is sworn in the next day.
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