Inaugural ProgramFollow

The oath of office will be administered to the President-elect and the Vice President-elect on the steps of the United States Capitol in Washington, DC on January 20, 2009 beginning at 11:30 a.m. The Presidential Inauguration Committee has announced the official program for the inaugural swearing-in ceremony as follows:

- Musical Selections
The United States Marine Band
The San Francisco Boys Chorus and the San Francisco Girls Chorus

- Call to Order and Welcoming Remarks
The Honorable Dianne Feinstein

- Invocation
Dr. Rick Warren, Saddleback Church, Lake Forest, CA

- Musical Selection
Aretha Franklin

- Oath of Office Administered to Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
By Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, The Honorable John Paul Stevens

- Musical Selection, John Williams, composer/arranger Itzhak Perlman (Violin), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Gabriela Montero (Piano), Anthony McGill (Clarinet)

- Oath of Office Administered to President-elect Barack H. Obama By the Chief Justice of the United States, The Honorable John G. Roberts, Jr.

- Inaugural Address
The President of the United States, The Honorable Barack H. Obama

- Poem
Elizabeth Alexander

- Benediction
The Reverend Dr. Joseph E. Lowery

- The National Anthem
The United States Navy Band "Sea Chanters"

I'm going to frame mine and convince my grandchildren that it's special. Someday after I die they can embarass themselves on the Antiques Roadshow hologram with it.