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At noon this Wednesday, Democrat Joe Biden will be inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States in a ceremony with pomp but without crowds on the esplanade of the Mall of Washington, surrounded by an unprecedented deployment of security forces.
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The majority of members of Congress, Supreme Court justices, former Presidents Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, are expected to attend; George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, and Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary, but not the outgoing, Donald Trump, nor his wife, Melania.
The virtual program will be directed by the African-American presenter Keke palmer and will open with a message from Jill Biden, the wife of the president-elect, addressed to children and young people, about the history of the US presidency.
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Biden is expected to arrive at the Capitol at around 11:15 a.m. when ceremonies begin on a dais mounted on the western facade of the Capitol and Leo J. O’donovan, a Jesuit priest, deliver a religious invocation.
Next, Andrea Hall, the first African-American woman to achieve the rank of captain in the South Fulton Fire Department, Georgia, will recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
Preparations include an extensive security deployment around the Capitol and Washington.
Lady Gaga he will sing the national anthem and the poet Amanda Gorman will read her verses composed for the occasion. Then Jennifer Lopez and Garth Brooks will sing, after which Silvester Beaman, pastor of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, will impart a blessing.
At 11:55 pm, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Hispanic Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, will take the oath as vice president of Kamala Harris, who will pledge allegiance to the Constitution on two Bibles: one that belonged to a friend, and another that belonged to Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American justice of the Supreme Court.
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As soon as the clock chimes signal noon, Chief Justice John Roberts will take the constitutional oath that Biden will pronounce with his hand on an 1893 edition of the Bible, held by his wife.
The ceremony on Capitol Hill will culminate with a speech that the new president will address to the nation.
During Wednesday night there will be a whole musical and artistic show that can be followed virtually.
Later, Biden and former first lady Jill, along with Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, will review a military formation with squads from the four armed forces, in honor of the peaceful transfer of power to a new commander-in-chief, and will move to Arlington National Cemetery to place a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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Surrounded by an honorary military escort, Biden and Jill, accompanied by Harris and Emhoff, will then go to the White House, of which a few hours before the former president will have left Donald Trump, who refused to participate in the transmission of command. During the afternoon there will be celebrations and artistic performances throughout the country.
Starting at 8:30 pm Tom Hanks, Eva Longoria and Kerry Washington will present a 90 minute virtual show in which Bruce Springsteen, John Legend, Jon Bon Jovi, Foo Fighters, Demi Lovato, Ant Celmons, Ozuna, Luis will be present. Fonsi and Lin-Manuel Miranda, among others.
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