2009 U.S. presidential inauguration of Barack Obama

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U.S. presidential inauguration political event

The 2009 U.S. presidential inauguration of Barack Obama was the historic ceremony in Washington, D.C., at which Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th and first African American president of the United States.

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Barack Obama presidential inauguration 2009 1
Inaugural Address of Barack Obama, January 20, 2009 1
United States presidential inauguration 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. presidential inauguration ⓘ
political event ⓘ
attendingIncomingFirstLady Michelle Obama ⓘ
attendingIncomingSecondLady Jill Biden ⓘ
attendingOutgoingFirstLady Laura Bush ⓘ
attendingOutgoingPresident George W. Bush ⓘ
basedOn 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
broadcastOn internet ⓘ
radio ⓘ
television ⓘ
chiefJusticeAdministeringOathToPresident John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ
congressNumberInSession 111th United States Congress ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
date 2009-01-20 ⓘ
followedBy 2013 U.S. presidential inauguration of Barack Obama ⓘ
followedByEvent 2009 inaugural balls ⓘ
2009 inaugural parade ⓘ
follows 2005 U.S. presidential inauguration of George W. Bush ⓘ
hasInauguralAddressBy Barack Obama ⓘ
hasPresidentInaugurated Barack Obama ⓘ
hasVicePresidentInaugurated Joe Biden ⓘ
inauguralAddressTitle 2009 U.S. presidential inauguration of Barack Obama self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Inaugural Address of Barack Obama, January 20, 2009
justiceAdministeringOathToVicePresident John Paul Stevens ⓘ
legalBasis Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ
surface form: United States Constitution, Article II, Section 1
location United States Capitol ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
musicElement musical performances by invited artists ⓘ
national anthem performance ⓘ
notableFeature first inauguration of an African American president of the United States ⓘ
largest audience for a presidential inauguration in U.S. history at the time ⓘ
oathOfOfficeLocation United States Capitol ⓘ
surface form: West Front of the United States Capitol
oathOfOfficeTime 2009-01-20T12:05:00-05:00 ⓘ
occasion commencement of the first term of Barack Obama as president ⓘ
ordinalPresidentInaugurated 44th President of the United States ⓘ
organizer Armed Forces Inaugural Committee ⓘ
Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies ⓘ
partOf 2009 U.S. presidential inauguration of Barack Obama self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: United States presidential inauguration
positionInauguratedTo President of the United States ⓘ
Vice President of the United States ⓘ
precededByEvent 2009 pre-inaugural events and concerts ⓘ
presidentialTermCommenced first term of Barack Obama ⓘ
religiousElement benediction ⓘ
invocation ⓘ
securityCodename National Special Security Event ⓘ
significance peaceful transfer of presidential power in the United States ⓘ
theme A New Birth of Freedom ⓘ
typeOfCeremony public swearing-in ceremony ⓘ
vicePresidentialTermCommenced first term of Joe Biden as Vice President ⓘ

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Malia Obama → attendedEvent → 2009 U.S. presidential inauguration of Barack Obama ⓘ
2013 U.S. presidential inauguration of Barack Obama → follows → 2009 U.S. presidential inauguration of Barack Obama ⓘ
2009 U.S. presidential inauguration of Barack Obama → inauguralAddressTitle → 2009 U.S. presidential inauguration of Barack Obama self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inaugural Address of Barack Obama, January 20, 2009
Don Mischer → notableWork → 2009 U.S. presidential inauguration of Barack Obama ⓘ
this entity surface form: We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009 U.S. presidential inauguration of Barack Obama → partOf → 2009 U.S. presidential inauguration of Barack Obama self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential inauguration
Yo-Yo Ma → performedAt → 2009 U.S. presidential inauguration of Barack Obama ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barack Obama presidential inauguration 2009
2013 U.S. presidential inauguration of Barack Obama → precededBy → 2009 U.S. presidential inauguration of Barack Obama ⓘ