Headlines
Local Headlines
- Obama: 'A new era of responsibility'
- Sooners proclaim event as 'amazing'
- Area students impressed by Obama's words
- Cultural center is packed
- Students watch a live history lesson
- Barack's balancing act
- Readers share their inauguration memories
- Meeting Barack Obama
- Tulsa court officials pause for Obama's address
- 1,500 attend Tulsa inaugural watch party
- Tulsa prayer service ends in song
- A preacher and a president
- King Day is spent in service to others
- Prayer service planned for Tulsa
- Dress under wraps: Mrs. O's inaugural gown likely to be a stunner
- Kaiser backed Obama early on
- Oklahomans look to future
- Steps forward taken
- Obama gains state's attention
- Forbes praises Obama at OSU speech
- Witnesses to history: Students get homework for inaugural
- Oklahoman to speak at National Prayer Service
- Garth Brooks among performers at inaugural concert
- Rudisill schedule includes 'Obama-Rama,' model car show
- Local bash set for inaugural
- Inaugural tickets get snapped up
- Cherokee councilors not aware of $50,000 donation
National Headlines
- Celebration over, Obama plunges into workday one
- Jubilant crowd sees Obama take oath
- For older blacks, a dream is realized
- Obama faces the test of time
- Inaugural luncheon menu honors Lincoln
- Text of President Barack Obama's inaugural address
- Obama sworn in as nation's 44th president
- Obama, Bush arrive
- Obama's day starts with church, coffee with Bush
- Obama ready for office, sounds call to action
- Riding with pride into history
- Why wait? D.C. parties early for the inauguration
- Crowds of 1 million or more to test DC
- Obama steps into history as first black president
- 45 years later, the dream still lives on
- 'Anything possible': Huge throng turns out for Obama fete
- Obama dominates 'King Sunday' at black churches
- Inaugural week street 'newscasts' lure onlookers
- Obama visits with troops, honors King on holiday
- Obama rides rails to Washington
- Obama nears his moment, with musical extravaganza
- Obama's alma mater celebrates his inauguration
- 'Anything possible,' Obama tells roaring crowd
- Obama heading for capital
- Obama's inauguration gets a test run at Capitol
- In Obama, many see an end to the baby boomer era
Inauguration Day Schedule
- Information from the Presidential Inaugural Committee.
- Sunday, Jan. 18
- Welcome event on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday afternoon. The event is free and open to the public.
- Monday, Jan. 19 -- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- To honor Dr. King’s legacy, the President-elect and Vice President-elect and their families will participate in
activities dedicated to serving others in communities across the Washington, D.C. area.
That night, on the eve of the Inauguration, there will be a youth concert at the Verizon Center in downtown Washington, D.C. The concert will be free, but tickets are required.
- Tuesday, Jan. 20 -- Inauguration Day
- According to Presidential Inaugural Committee, the order of events beginning at 9 a.m. include:
- Musical Selections: The United States Marine Band, followed by The San Francisco Boys Chorus and the San Francisco Girls Chorus
- Call to Order and Welcoming Remarks: Senator Dianne Feinstein
- Invocation: Dr. Rick Warren
- Musical Selection: Aretha Franklin
- Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden, Jr. will be sworn into office by John Paul Stevens, associate justice of the Supreme Court
- Musical Selection: John Williams, composer/arranger with Itzhak Perlman, (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Gabriela Montero (piano) and Anthony McGill (clarinet)
- President-elect Barack H. Obama will take the Oath of Office, using President Lincoln’s Inaugural Bible, administered by John G. Roberts, Jr., chief justice of the United States
- Inaugural Address
- Poem: Elizabeth Alexander
- Benediction: The Reverend Dr. Joseph E. Lowery
- The National Anthem: The United States Navy Band “Sea Chanters”
- The 56th Inaugural Parade will then make its way down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House with groups traveling from all over the country to participate.
- Wednesday, January 21st
- Obama and Biden will participate in a prayer service.
Local Events
- Tuesday, Jan. 20 -- Inauguration Day
- Rudisill Regional Library, 1520 N. Hartford Ave., is holding a free program from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. In addition to showing a live feed of the inauguration activities, prizes will be awarded in an “Obama-Rama Presidential Trivia” contest, with questions based on books, magazines and newspapers from the library’s collection. Beverages will be provided by the Friends of the Rudisill Regional Library. For more, call the library at 596-7280.
- Circle Cinema, 12 S. Lewis Ave., will broadcast the Inauguration Day events with doors opening at 10 a.m. Admission is free, with the usual concession fare ready for purchase.
- Sadie’s Coffeehouse, 567 E. 36th St. North, is inviting people “to spend and remember a history-making day with friends and family” during Obama’s swearing-in and address.
- Greenwood Cultural Center, 322 N. Greenwood Ave., will host a free program from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. that will feature two big screens broadcasting live coverage from Washington through a direct interactive link to the District of Columbia courtesy of Rollerson Productions. There also will be live entertainment, food, drink and Obama-related souvenirs available.
For more information call 596-1007 on weekdays during business hours.
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