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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Inauguration day

Two members of the group from Alabama take a smoke break while waiting for buses to park at RFK Stadium.



The group from Alabama bundle up as they head out early Tuesday morning for the inauguration.



A woman looks for others in her group before boarding a shuttle bus. Temperatures were in the low teens as people waited for a ride.



Lines of people wait to be picked up on shuttle buses.



People leave their shuttle buses early Tuesday morning.



People walk through the street's of Washington, D.C. on their way to view Tuesday's ceremony.



An estimatred 1.9 million people attended the event.





A young girl and her mother huddled in Barack Obama blankets watch the beginning of the ceremony.



Every available vantage point was taken advantage of during the ceremony.



Rev. Larry Norton of Dothan cheers along with the crowd as President Barack Obama is sworn into office.



President Barack Obama is shown on one of ten jumbotrons during his inaugural speech.



Dr. Ken Brown of Dothan (bottom left) applauds along with others in the crowd during President Barack Obama's speech.



My favorite souvenir



Another vendor hawks American Obama flags outside the Washington Monument. There were almost as many vendors as there were people.



The crowd attending the event head home following the ceremony. The White House can be seen in the background.



Venders sell T-shirts outside of RFK Stadium, the pickup and drop-off point for the shuttle buses that took people to Tuesday's inauguration.

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