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President Barack Obama waves to the crowd after finishing his speech on Inauguration Day.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

The crowd cheers during the Barack Obama inauguration ceremony at the Nokia Plaza inside LA Live in Los Angeles.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Monae Lee, 17, watches the inauguration at the Foshay Learning Center in Los Angeles.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Scenes from the National Mall, the morning of the swearing-in of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States.  (Jay Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Third-grader Jordan Berwick reacts to a broadcast of the inauguration of President Barack Obama at Longfellow Elementary School in Compton.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

From left; Occidental College students Liz Rodgers, Sarah Benditt and Lauren Tannenbaum cheer inside Keck Audirium as Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th president of the United States.  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

Occidental College senior Dawn Gruber has fun around a cutout of President Barack Obama outside Keck Auditorium.  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

Bibi Casillas holds her sons Frankie and Alex Fernandez while they listen to President Barack Obama‘s inaugural address inside the Nokia Plaza at LA Live in Los Angeles.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

On the morning of the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama, VIP’s gather on the steps of the Capitol.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Crowds stand on a statue next to the National Mall ahead of the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America.  (Mark Wilson / Getty Images)

A spectator watches as people file onto the inaugural stage ahead of the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States.  (Win McNamee / Getty Images)

Hundreds of thousands of people gather on the Mall hours before the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Walter Cutter arrived at 4a.m. to get a viewing position for the parade at the intersection of F Street and 12 Street.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Scenes from the National Mall on the morning Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th President of the United States.  (Jay Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Washington DC Metro trains are packed with standing room only crowds on the Orange line headed to the Capitol Tuesday morning before dawn.  (Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Cocoa Jones sells newspapers on G Street to the early arrivals.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Reverend Daryl Carter of Dallas, Texas, waits on the National Mall for the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama.  (Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press)

Caroline Kennedy arrives at the U.S. Capitol on the morning of the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

A group of soldiers based in Frederick, Maryland pay a pre-dawn visit to the Lincoln Memorial on January 20, 2009 in Washington.  (Jeff Zelevansky / Getty Images)