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Inauguration of Joe Biden

Post-Inaugural Events: "America United" After the swearing-in ceremony, Biden, Harris, and their spouses will participate in a Pass in Review on the East Front of the United States Capitol featuring members of the United States Armed Forces. Traditionally, before the Pass in Review, the new president would escort the outgoing president to a helicopter, Marine One, where they would officially depart Washington, D.C. However, Trump's decision to not attend Biden's inauguration and rather depart prior to the event's outset will break this custom. The congressional luncheon, a tradition witnessed since the 1897 inauguration of William McKinley, was canceled due to public health concerns. Later in the afternoon, Harris will swear-in Senators-elect Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock who, respectively, won the January 5 regular and special Georgia Senate runoff elections that yielded a Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate, along with Alex Padilla, who was appointed by California Governor Gavin Newsom to fill Harris' vacated seat.

Arlington National Cemetery Wreath Laying Ceremony Following the Pass in Review, Biden and Harris, along with former presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama, and all their spouses, will participate in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.

Parade Following the wreath laying ceremony, a parade down Pennsylvania Avenue, NW will escort Biden and Harris to the White House and include every branch of the U.S. military, along with drumline bands from Biden and Harris's alma maters, the University of Delaware and Howard University, respectively. The Virtual Parade Across America, organized by the Biden Inaugural Committee, will be hosted by actor Tony Goldwyn, reflecting the "diversity, heritage, and resilience of the country" in the event's musical acts, poets, dance troupes, and more.  Viewing stands outside the White House that were originally constructed for members of the public were dismantled because they were ultimately deemed unnecessary for the revised plans. The live parade will be announced by Charlie Brotman, who has served as the inaugural parade announcer during almost every ceremony since former President Dwight D. Eisenhower's second inauguration.

Comedian Jon Stewart, musicians Andra Day, Nile Rodgers, and Kathy Sledge, along with several choirs and athletes (including former Olympians Nathan Chen, Allyson Felix, and Katie Ledecky) will appear in a "virtual roll call".  The parade will include 1,391 virtual participants, 95 horses, and nine dogs. Frontline healthcare workers and several distinguished students and educators who helped their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic will be honored as "heroes" during the ceremony. Choreographer Kenny Ortega will lead a dance featuring 275 recorded segments from participants around the country;  the Ryan Martin Foundation, a “wheelchair basketball program”, will join the parade virtually.  Musical act New Radicals will reunite for the first time in two decades to conclude the parade with their hit song “You Get What You Give”. The song was used by Harris's husband, Emhoff, during 2020 campaign rallies, and was referred to by Biden in his autobiography, Promise Me, Dad, as his family's “rallying “theme song”" during his late son Beau's terminal battle with glioblastoma. The band's leader, Gregg Alexander, said that he hopes the group's performance of the song can be a “tiniest beacon of light in such a dark time”.

Celebrating America Special Traditional inaugural balls, which often gather hundreds of dignitaries to see the president and extend late into the evening, will not be held due to pandemic-related restrictions. A primetime television special, Celebrating America, will air as a substitute in simulcast across most major television networks and other cable and streaming outlets. It will be hosted by Tom Hanks and include performances by Foo Fighters, Bruce Springsteen, John Legend, Ant Clemons, Jon Bon Jovi, Demi Lovato, Justin Timberlake, Garth Brooks, and Tim McGraw, among others.  Playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda will “recite a classic work during the program”; basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, philanthropist José Andrés, labor leader Dolores Huerta, and Kim Ng, the first female Major League Baseball general manager, will appear.

Protests and Demonstrations After the violent attack on the Congress on January 6, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser asked the Interior Department to cancel D.C. demonstration permits and reject demonstration applications during the inauguration,  but the Interior Department declined to do so.  While the National Mall is closed to the public during the inaugural events, the National Park Service designated two adjacent areas—portions of the John Marshall Park and Navy Memorial—exclusively for "First Amendment activities" (protests). The U.S. Park Police made the determination that "in light of recent events, and with the current available threat assessments, each of these park areas will be limited to no more individuals than can be safely accommodated" which was set as a maximum of 100 individuals in each location. Those entering the designated areas will be screened via magnetometers. The left-wing groups ANSWER Coalition and DC Action Lab were granted permits, and both agreed to stage demonstrations within these attendance limits. Some applications for First Amendment permits are being processed by the National Park Service for demonstrations on Inauguration Day, including those filed by the pro-Trump groups Roar for Trump and Women for a Great America.

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