The inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump features a long list of official and semi-official events and celebrations.
Here’s the schedule for events through the Inaugural Parade to the White House:
Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence will lay a wreath at the cemetery in honor of the nation’s veterans. Details have not been publicly announced.
Ceremony will be held at the Lincoln Memorial
This event will feature “a diverse group of performers” in a concert, as well as appearances by Trump and Pence. Tickets are required for special viewing areas. Further details have not been publicly announced.
Ceremony begins at 11:30 a.m. Eastern, U.S. Capitol Building
Trump and Pence will be sworn in on the west front of the Capitol. Their families and members of Congress, the U.S. Supreme Court, diplomatic corps and other invited guests will be seated on the ceremony platform.
Performers scheduled so far are “America’s Got Talent” winner and platinum-selling singer Jackie Evancho, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, the Radio City Rockettes (who also performed at George W. Bush‘s inauguration ceremonies) and the Missouri State University Chorale.
Religious leaders who will give readings, benedictions and invocations include New York Archbishop Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan, the Rev. Samuel Rodriguez of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, Pastor Paula White of New Destiny Christian Center, Rabbi Marvin Hier of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the Rev. Franklin Graham of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Bishop Wayne T. Jackson of Great Faith Ministries International.
Security will be tight, with all viewing areas near the event requiring tickets and a security screening beginning when gates open at 6 a.m. Here’s what inauguration ticket-holders are prohibited from bringing: aerosols, alcohol, firearms, ammunition, animals (except service animals), backpacks, roller bags, suitcases, bags larger than 12″x14″x5″, balloons, balls, banners, signs, placards, bicycles, non-ADA chairs, coolers, drones, explosives of any kind, glass, thermal and metal containers, knives or other sharp objects of any length including pocketknives, laser lights and laser pointers, mace or pepper spray, noisemakers like drums or bullhorns, packages, poles and selfie-sticks, spray containers, strollers, structures, supports for signs or placards, toy guns, tripods, umbrellas, weapons of any kind and “any other items that may pose a threat to the security of the event as determined by and at the discretion of the security screeners.”
People who arrive without tickets will be able to view the event from the National Mall behind the ticketed areas.
Begins at the conclusion of the inauguration
Trump and Pence will make their way from the Capitol to the White House down Pennsylvania Avenue as part of a parade that includes high school and college bands, police motorcycle and cavalry units, veterans and active members of the military and the Boy Scouts of America, among others.
This schedule will be updated as new information is available.
