Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Happier days at a presidential inauguration

 


In 1961, Vice- President Nixon laughs at a stray dog breaching security. I don't think there will be many light moments on today at Biden's inauguration. Just hoping everything goes well and wishing everyone in the US well.

Update:

Just finished watching the inauguration. The first inaugaration I've watched and I imagine the first many people around the world have watched. I was particulary impressed by the inaugural poem...a part of it here.

Presidential Inauguration of Joe Biden, 2021: Amanda Gorman, “The Hill We Climb

We’ve seen a force that would shatter our nation rather than share it,
Would destroy our country if it meant delaying democracy.
And this effort very nearly succeeded.
But while democracy can be periodically delayed,
It can never be permanently defeated.