Tomorrow, Joseph R. Biden jr. will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States, along with Senator Kamala Harris who will be sworn in as his Vice President The following are the plans for the inauguration ceremony. this post will be updated as events unfold:
- The presidential candidate will deliver a farewell speech today in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, and travel in a presidential caravan to Washington.
- Biden had originally planned to take the Emtrek train to Washington – which he used to take every day as a senator – but the Secret Service canceled it due to security concerns.
- Tonight, the Presidential Election and Vice Presidential Election will take part in a memorial service for the 400 thousand Americans who died of Covid-19 at the Lincoln Memorial.
- Biden and his family will s[emd the night at the Blair House, the presidential guest house across from the White House.
- President-elect Biden has invited Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell to attend a prayer ceremony with him tomorrow morning to show unification.
- The “Biden Inauguration Committee” has decided to minimize physical participation and the main focus is on the “virtual” production front.
- A “field of flags” of thousands of American flags will fill the plaza where the assembled people usually gather, the flags are being sponsored by donations to voluntary organizations.
- Biden emphasized that he wants the inauguration to symbolize unification and open a new chapter in American history, and this will be the focus of his speech.
Tomorrow’s transition will be a very historic moment in American history for a variety of reasons:
- It is the first time a president has not acknowledged his loss and has not formally congratulated his successor.
- It is the first time in American history that a woman has been sworn in as vice president.
- It is marked by shadows of historical events of violence fueled by the outgoing president.
- America finds itself in one of its darkest moments with extraordinary hostility between the various factions and more and more radical groups are raising their heads.
- President Elect Biden will be the oldest man in American history to be sworn in as President (breaking the record of Donald Trump).
- The cabinet of president-elect and federal officials probably houses the largest number of Jews in any administration in American history. (Besides, the vice president has also married a Jew, and all three children of the president-elect are married to Jewish spouses).
- The current inauguration will be different from previous ceremonies and everything is planned on a virtual scale.
