Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama
It will take place on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 beginning at 11:30 a.m. EST and 8:30 a.m. Pacific Time.
You will find it at the bottom of this post live.
The Oath of Office is at noon, immediately followed by the Inaugural Address.
The Vice President is sworn in ten minutes earlier.
Schedule:
Musical Selections throughout the day
The United States Marine Band
The San Francisco Boys Chorus and the San Francisco Girls Chorus
Aretha Franklin
Itzhak Perlman (Violin), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Gabriela Montero (Piano), Anthony McGill (Clarinet)
Welcoming Remarks
Dianne Feinstein
Invocation
Dr. Rick Warren, Saddleback Church
Oath of Office – Vice President-elect Jo Biden, Jr.
By Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, John Paul Stevens
Oath of Office – President-elect Barack Hussein Obama
By the Chief Justice of the United States, John G. Roberts, Jr.
Inaugural Address
Barack H. Obama
Poem
Elizabeth Alexander
Benediction
The Reverend Dr. Joseph E. Lowery
The National Anthem
The US Navy Band “Sea Chanters”
Watch It Here Live.