What time is the 2009 Presidential Inauguration Ceremony of Barack Obama?

Answer:

Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama

It will take place on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 beginning at 11:30 a.m. EST and 8:30 a.m. Pacific Time.

The Oath of Office is at noon, immediately followed by the Inaugural Address.

The Vice President is sworn in ten minutes earlier.

Schedule:

Musical Selections throughout the day
The United States Marine Band
The San Francisco Boys Chorus and the San Francisco Girls Chorus
Aretha Franklin
Itzhak Perlman (Violin), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Gabriela Montero (Piano), Anthony McGill (Clarinet)


Welcoming Remarks
Dianne Feinstein


Invocation
Dr. Rick Warren, Saddleback Church


Oath of Office - Vice President-elect Jo Biden, Jr.
By Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, John Paul Stevens


Oath of Office - President-elect Barack Hussein Obama
By the Chief Justice of the United States, John G. Roberts, Jr.


Inaugural Address
Barack H. Obama


Poem
Elizabeth Alexander


Benediction
The Reverend Dr. Joseph E. Lowery


The National Anthem
The US Navy Band "Sea Chanters"

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