Anonymous ID: bd12a1 Jan. 20, 2021, 1:18 a.m. No.12624008   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4013

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/biden-inauguration-day-timeline/

 

A viewer's guide to Joe Biden's inauguration

 

Inauguration

 

After church, Mr. Biden will head to the East Front of the Capitol, where he will enter the building where he served more than three decades as a senator and later presided over the Senate when he was vice president.  

 

Among those attending his swearing-in are three former presidents and their wives: President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, President George W. Bush and Laura Bush, and President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, as well as Vice President Mike Pence and former Vice President Dan Quayle.

 

For the first time in more than 150 years, the current president will not be in attendance, as he announced January 8 his plans to skip Mr. Biden's inauguration. Instead, Mr. Trump and first lady Melania Trump will depart the White House on Wednesday morning for a send-off at Joint Base Andrews. Mr. Trump will then board Air Force One for the final time as president and head to Palm Beach, Florida.

 

Farewell and ceremonies

 

Following the swearing-in, Mr. Biden, first lady Dr. Jill Biden, Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff will bid farewell to Pence and second lady Karen Pence.

 

The president will then participate in a signing ceremony, during which Mr. Biden will sign nominations, memorandums, proclamations or executive orders, according to the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. After the signing ceremony, the president will participate in a gift ceremony.

 

Capping the inaugural ceremonies at the Capitol is the Pass in Review, during which Mr. Biden and Harris will review the military troops on the East Front of the Capitol.

 

Wreath laying

 

Mr. Biden and Harris will head to Arlington National Cemetery to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in one of the president-elect's first acts as commander-in-chief.

 

There, they will be joined by Mr. Clinton, Mr. Bush and Mr. Obama.

 

Inauguration Day parade

 

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Mr. Biden will participate in a shortened parade, receiving a presidential escort from 15th Street to the White House.