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.

This article appears in January 9 • 2009.

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