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<\/strong><\/p>\nThe official proceedings of Inauguration Day commence around noon on the West Lawn of the\u00a0U.S. Capitol<\/a>\u00a0with the vice president-elect and president-elect taking the Oaths of Office, followed by the inaugural address.<\/p>\n Giant video screens and audio systems will stream the proceedings to the thousands of spectators on the\u00a0National Mall<\/a>.<\/p>\n Citizens will flood the sides of Pennsylvania Avenue to cheer on the presidential procession and inaugural parade as it makes its way from the U.S. Capitol to the\u00a0White House<\/a>. The parade will begin at approximately 3 p.m. on Inauguration Day.<\/p>\n The Presidential Inauguration Committee now also features a\u00a0full rundown<\/a>\u00a0of inauguration activities, including details of the\u00a0swearing-in ceremony<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0parade<\/a>.<\/p>\n Dance the night away: Inaugural Balls<\/strong><\/p>\n Revelers may want to don a tuxedo or evening dress and dance the night away, and they\u2019ll have plenty of options. Inauguration Day brings glitz and glamor to DC with the big names in politics, business and entertainment descending on the city. Many of the top caterers are booked a year in advance and some luxury stores have pop-ups in high-end hotels for any last minute wardrobe changes.<\/p>\n There are official and unofficial balls, the difference being that the newly named president and vice president attend many of the official balls.<\/p>\n Whether you are in D.C. or watching from home, the peaceful transfer of power on inauguration day is a part of American democracy in which we can all participate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The nation swears in the 45th President of the United States on Jan. 20, 2017. In conjunction with WorldStrides, Explorica sent more than 5,000 students and their teachers to participate in this\u00a0historic event. Obviously, not all of us can be in D.C., but that doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t soak up the energy and celebrate this Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[469,1066,311],"class_list":["post-6775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-explorica-news","tag-american-history","tag-inauguration","tag-washington-dc-tours"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6775"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6777,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6775\/revisions\/6777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}