Inauguration Swearing in Ceremony Program
An outline of events from the Presidential Inauguration Committee
By Belinda Acosta, 9:46AM, Tue. Jan. 13, 2009
Music
United States Marine Band and the San Francisco Boys and San Francisco Girls Chorus
Call to Order, Welcoming Remarks
The Honorable Dianne Feinstein
Invocation
Dr. Rick Warren, Saddleback Church
Music
Aretha Franklin
Oath of Office
Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Music
Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Gabriela Montero, and Anthony McGill, performing a piece composed and arranged by John Williams
Oath of Office
President-elect Barack H. Obama
Inaugural Address
President Barack H. Obama
Poem
Elizabeth Alexander
Benediction
The Reverand Dr. Joseph Lowery
National Anthem
The United States Navy Band
Toasts across the nation. Let the celebration begin.
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