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Photos of the second inaugurations of Abraham Lincoln (and here), William McKinley, Woodrow Wilson, and FDR.
Mitch McConnell campaign email: Obama is coming after your guns.
Scenes from around DC this morning in advance of the inauguration ceremony. Love these faces.
You can watch the inaugural proceedings here or at the top right of our inauguration page.
Obama: “We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths – that all of us are created equal – is the star that guides us still; just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall; just as it guided all those men and women, sung and unsung, who left footprints along this great Mall, to hear a preacher say that we cannot walk alone; to hear a King proclaim that our individual freedom is inextricably bound to the freedom of every soul on Earth.”
CSPAN catches Obama lingering for a moment to look out over the crowd at the end of the inaugural ceremony. Watch.