According to British media reports, when Obama officially took office as the 44th president of the United States on10.20, it is estimated that there will be/kloc-0.5 billion viewers around the world watching the inauguration ceremony on TV. Obama worships President Lincoln very much, and many parts of his inauguration ceremony are modeled after Lincoln's inauguration ceremony. The official theme of Obama's inaugural address will be "a new life of freedom", which comes from Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address during the Civil War. The following is a complete guide to Obama's inauguration.
Inauguration ceremony site
1, the Statue of Liberty, there is a bronze statue of the Statue of Liberty on the roof of the US Capitol. She holds a striped American shield representing the original 13 colony of the United States.
2. The rotunda of the Parliament Building. The dome of this building is made of iron in imitation of St Paul's Cathedral in London. The Parliament Building 1793 was started, and President Washington laid the foundation stone for it.
3. Five flags will be hung on the front of the Capitol, the flag in the middle will be the Stars and Stripes, and the two flags next to it will be the Illinois 2 18 19 to 1820 Stars and Stripes that joined the Federation at that time. The two flags on the side are the national flags of the United States when it was founded. The original national flag was 13 stripes and 13 stars, and one stripe and one star represented a state.
4. Senate, the upper house of government. Regardless of the population, each state has two senators, making a total of 65,438+000 senators.
The House of Representatives, the lower house of government, is produced in proportion to the population.
6. Blue tarpaulins are used as road signs for rehearsals. The blue tarpaulin in the picture represents the main entrance of the rostrum. Obama will use the oak door behind the podium.
7. United States Marine Corps Military Band. 1798 The Marine Corps Military Band is called "President Band". It is often played in the White House and consists of 130 musicians, a conductor and five officers.
9. The guard of honor consists of 10 people, representing the army, air force, marine corps, navy, coast guard, reserve force, national guard, special forces, seal force and military intelligence department respectively. They are standard-bearers, and they must not let the national flag fall to the ground.
prologue
On the morning of the 20th, the Obamas set off from Blair Palace, the official presidential hotel opposite the White House. They will take bulletproof cars, and the snipers of the Secret Service will take positions on the nearby roofs. On the morning of the 20th, Bush will wait for the Obamas at the White House. First Lady laura bush will introduce the residential area of the White House to Mrs. Obama and show her two daughters to their new rooms. President Bush will officially hand over the keys to the White House to Obama. Although the White House is guarded by security guards 24 hours a day, the front door of the White House is never locked. Two families will have a private breakfast. At 10: 30 in the morning, they will take a bullet-proof car to Capitol Hill, and their car will drive along Pennsylvania Avenue for the whole journey 1.7 miles.
Seating arrangements for the inauguration ceremony
Obama will deliver his inaugural address from a semi-circular wooden podium in the west of the Capitol. You can clearly see the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial Hall from the rostrum. In the past week, the staff has been building a platform.
Obama will sit next to Vice President-elect Biden, and his wife Michelle and two daughters will sit in the back row. Mr. and Mrs. Bush will sit on the right in the front row of the rostrum. The leaders of the Democratic Party, * * and the two parties, the chairman of the committee, invited guests, Supreme Court judges, members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, members of Obama's cabinet, church leaders, Obama and the families of President Bush will sit in other seats.
Inauguration ceremony sequence
65438+ 10 (65438+23 pm Beijing time) Eastern Time: The US Marine Corps will perform military music, and the San Francisco Boys Choir and Girls Choir will sing songs.
165438+ 0 am (0 pm Beijing time 65438+12 October1): Obama and his family arrived at the scene. They will be greeted by Diana Feinstein, Chairman of the Inauguration Planning Committee and Senator of California. The controversial pastor Warwick will pray at the beginning of the inauguration ceremony. Aretha franklin will sing songs, and Vice President-elect Biden will be sworn in by Supreme Court Justice john paul stevens.
Composer john williams will be the conductor, violinist Itzak Perlman, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, pianist Gabriel Lamontero and clarinet player Anthony McGill will take part in the performance.
At 0: 30 a.m.1/kloc-0 (Beijing time 65438+ 10/0/0/Sunday at 0: 30 p.m.), Obama will be sworn in by Chief Justice john roberts of the United States Supreme Court. He would raise his right hand and put his left hand on a Bible once used by Lincoln. After taking the oath, Obama will take over the "nuclear football", a black briefcase containing highly confidential documents and instructions needed by the US president to launch a nuclear attack.
inauguration address
After taking the oath, Obama will deliver the most important speech of his life. Privately, he said that because the United States and the world are facing multiple crises, he hoped that the inaugural address would have the effect of "inspiring, uniting and giving people hope".
Obama and his chief screenwriter, 27-year-old jon favreau, have finished the speech. Favraud wrote a victory speech for Obama, in which he used "Yes, we can". The wording. Favraud got into trouble after his indecent behavior was exposed in a simulated paper photo of Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton. Later, he formally apologized to Hillary Clinton. He compared Obama to President Kennedy and Martin Luther King. He told his friends that both he and Obama understand that "the heavy responsibility of history falls on our shoulders."
After Obama's speech, the Marine Corps military band will play "Salute to the Commander-in-Chief", and the black poet Elizabeth Alexander will read a poem specially written for Obama's inauguration. Then there was a prayer before the ceremony was completed, and the military band finally played the national anthem.
Obama will accompany his predecessor, President Bush, and his wife to the helicopter waiting for them. An American media reported that President Bush has been practicing "farewell wave". A helicopter will take the Bushes to Andrew Air Force Base, and a jet will take the Bushes to Crawford Farm in Texas.
Official lunch
The official luncheon will be held in the Sculpture Hall of the Capitol, and 200 guests will attend the luncheon, including Supreme Court judges, Obama cabinet members and visiting world leaders. The tableware for lunch will be a replica of the ceramics that Mrs. Lincoln once chose. The first course of lunch is a seafood pot, including scallops, shrimps and lobsters. The main course is "Roasted American Pheasant and Roasted Duck". Pudding will be Lincoln's favorite apple cinnamon sponge cake, and the wines will be California wine, blank white wine and "golden eye" black Pi Nuo. A company in Chicago made a cheesecake weighing 226 kilograms for Obama with the presidential badge on it.
safe
The Secret Service, which is in charge of security work, refused to openly discuss the security measures for the inauguration ceremony of the president, but all the vacations of the Secret Service personnel have been cancelled.
The authorities will send thousands more policemen, soldiers and plainclothes policemen to patrol the streets of Washington, and will also dispatch bomb sniffer dogs. The drone will monitor the whole event in the air and send the image to a confidential command center. Images taken by 5,265 cameras distributed all over the city will also be transmitted to dozens of monitors. The 4 100 police officers in Washington will be reinforced by 4,064 police officers from all over the country, many of whom have received anti-terrorism training. It is estimated that 2 million to 4 million people will take to the streets of Washington, and most of them will appear on the streets from Capitol Hill to Lincoln Memorial. The staff has installed 20 huge TV screens on this route.
parade
The official parade will be held at 2 pm and last for two hours. The Obamas are expected to travel in a black bullet-proof SUV, and they will get off and walk for a while. Nearly 65,438+065,438+0,000 people will take part in the parade, and nearly 500,000 people will watch. Mark sullivan, a Secret Service agent, said, "Everyone will be checked at checkpoints and metal detection doors. Security has been at a high level, but this year's security measures are unprecedented. "
Parliament distributed 240,000 free tickets, and after several reversals, it has risen to 65,438+0,000. 3.5 square kilometers of downtown Washington will be closed to vehicles, and the authorities have set up six bicycle parking spots along the parade route. An organizer said: "Many young MPs plan to take part in the parade by bike, and we expect thousands of tourists to do the same. You can store your bike in the parking lot. This is the most environmentally friendly presidential inauguration ceremony. "
Michelle's clothes
What will Obama's wife Michelle wear at the inauguration? She tends to choose affordable brand clothes. A spokeswoman for American Vogue magazine said: "Michelle has the ability to lead the new trend. Morally speaking, she is obliged to choose clothes designed by American designers, but she may choose clothes designed by other designers. No matter what choice she makes, she is cool. "
A source said: "The final choice will be made by Michelle, who knows the current economic situation very well, so she is unlikely to choose a dress with a price of 50 thousand dollars." Michelle also needs an evening dress to attend the ten official inaugural balls that night.
Dance (party)
The Obamas will stop at all 65,438+00 official inaugural balls, each with hundreds of guests. They spent 150 to 15000 on a dance ticket.
Guest list
Many foreign leaders, stars and celebrities accepted the invitation to attend Obama's inauguration ceremony. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Bruni will sit in the VIP area. Famous artists stevie wonder, Beyonce, George Clooney, Tom Hanks, Halle Berry and Steven Allan Spielberg were seated in the VIP area. The original ticket of 300 kg has gone up by 10 times, up by 20 times.
Inaugural souvenir
There are souvenirs of Obama's inauguration ceremony on the street stalls in Washington. These souvenirs always include a dark blue canvas handbag worth 55 pounds, Obama soap worth 10 pounds, Obama toilet paper worth 5 pounds, Obama underwear worth 5.99 pounds and "inauguration hot soup" worth 3.50 pounds.