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There was music . . .
. . . performers
of the United States of America,
and to the republic for which it stands,
one nation under God, indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.”
sang a medley:
con libertad y justicia para todos".
And Amanda Gorman recited her poem,
Then Joseph R. Biden, Jr. was sworn in by Chief Justice of the United States, John G. Roberts Jr. and inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States, the second Catholic president of the United States . . .
Joseph R. Biden, Jr. -2021
. . . and Kamala Harris was inaugurated as the 49th vice president of the United States.
She is the first female vice president of the United States, the
highest-ranking female elected official in U.S. history, and the first African American and first Asian American vice president.
Kamala Harris - 2021
Pete Buttigieg (Mayor Pete) & Chasten Glezman, the first openly gay couple to attend a Presidential Inauguration.
Kamala Harri - 2021
A grand parade followed
Along the way, Biden and his wife, teacher Jill Tracy Jacobs, got out of the car and walked the rest of the way to the White House.
Joseph R. Biden, Jr. & wife, Jill Tracy Jacobs - 2021
Of course, no inauguration is complete without fireworks! Katy Perry closed out the evening’s “Celebrating America” special with her song Firework (link below).
Viewfinder links:
Net links:
NY Times ~ Amanda Gorman Captures the Moment, in Verse
YouTube links:
Inauguration ~
Rev. Silvester Beaman delivers benediction Garth Brooks ~ Amazing Grace
Lady Gaga ~ National Anthem at Biden's Inauguration
Amanda Gorman ~ The Hill We Climb
Jennifer Lopez ~ Biden Inauguration Medley
Celebrating America ~
Demi Lovato - Lovely Day Celebrating America
PBS ~ Celebrating America (1 hr., 49 min.)
Katy Perry ~ Firework 
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