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From
Left: Jill Biden, Vice President-elect Joe Biden, President-elect
Barack Obama, and Michelle Obama wave to the crowd during inaugural
opening ceremonies at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in
Washington, D.C., Jan. 18, 2009.
More
than 5,000 men and women in uniform are providing military
ceremonial support to the presidential inauguration, a tradition
dating back to George Washington's 1789 inauguration.
DoD
photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class George Trian |
