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America is just a few days away from Inauguration Day, when president-elect Donald Trump officially takes over from President Joe Biden. As befits a quarter-millennium-old tradition, there will be much pomp and ceremony. Here’s what to know.

Opening day occurs every four years on January 20, or January 21 if the 20th is a Sunday. This time it is on Monday, January 20.

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It’s a busy holiday, starting with a service at St. John’s Episcopal Church. John. St. John’s, which was built in 1815 and has long been the site of such inaugural events.

This will be followed by tea at the White House, followed by the swearing-in ceremony, which will take place at the US Capitol around noon. However, due to climate concerns, Trump said in a post on Truth Social that he would move indoors.

“Therefore, I have ordered that the inaugural address, in addition to prayers and speeches, be given in the rotunda of the United States Capitol, like the one Ronald Reagan used in 1985, also because of the very cold,” he said.

After that is the official farewell to the former president, Joe Biden, and the vice-president, Kamala Harris.

Trump will then head to the President’s Room near the Senate chamber, where it’s tradition to sign nominations.

After the ceremony in the signing room, there will be a luncheon hosted through the Joint Committee of the Congress on Opening Ceremonies (JCCIC). Trump will then kick off the presidential parade, which stretches from the Capitol down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House, with a tour of the troops.

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The parade will now take place indoors. “We will open Capital One Arena on Monday for LIVE viewing of this Historic event, and to host the Presidential Parade. I will join the crowd at Capital One, after my Swearing In,” Trump said in his Truth Social post.

“The (JCCIC) will honor the request of the president-elect and his Presidential Inauguration Committee to move the 60th Inauguration Ceremony inside the U. S. Capitol to the rotunda,” the committee said Friday.

After the parade and a signing ceremony in the Oval Office, Trump will attend 3 inaugural balls: the Commander in Chief’s Ball, the Liberty Inaugural Ball, and the Starlight Ball. He is expected to deliver a speech at all three conferences, according to a news release.

The White House YouTube channel will livestream the event, which you can watch on the day at nationalpost.com.

No. This year, the two dates coincide, since MLK Jr. Day is commemorated on the third Monday in January. The last time this happened was in 2013, at Barack Obama’s second inauguration. The only other time was in 1997, Bill Clinton’s second term as president of the United States. MLK Jr. Day became a national holiday in 1986.

Coincidentally, this year’s opening day also falls on “Blue Monday,” a term coined in 2005 by the British firm Sky Travel to refer to the most miserable day of the year.

It is short, simple, administered through the Supreme Court’s chief justice (John Roberts since 2005) and repeated through the president-elect. Pursuant to Article II, Section I of the United States Constitution, it reads: “I (name) solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and will do it to the best of my ability. Array preserve, protect and protect the Constitution of the United States Then I, God.

The Presidential Inaugural Platform will host some 1,400 inaugural guests, including members of the U. S. Senate and House of Representatives, Supreme Court justices, former presidents, as well as Trump and his vice president. President, J. D. Vance, and their families.

Elon Musk, Trump’s best friend and Tesla CEO, will be in attendance, MSNBC reported, along with Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos.

Foreign guests and dignitaries are not generally part of the proceedings, but according to The Times of India, Trump’s second inauguration may feature a number of right-wing world leaders, including Italy’s Georgia Meloni. The news site says Trump has also invited Jair Bolsonaro, the former president of Brazil who falsely claimed electoral fraud in his country. Per The Guardian, Bolsonaro would not be attending after a court ruled his passport would not be returned to him amid an ongoing investigation.

A spokesperson for the Argentine president, Javier Milei, told CBS News that the president plans to attend.

On Thursday, Meloni told a news conference in Rome that he would “gladly participate” if his schedule allowed, The Guardian reported.

Hungarian Victor Orban, who had been invited, would be present, according to his spokesman, according to Euro News.

Trump has also invited Xi Jinping to the event, reports The Associated Press. But the Chinese leader is unlikely to attend. However, Vice-President Han Zheng will be in attendance, which will be a first for a senior member of the Chinese government, BBC reported.

Who will act at Trump’s inauguration?

According to the Associated Press, country music star Carrie Underwood will perform America the Beautiful at the inauguration, and other characters will accompany two of the president-elect’s musical favorites, country singer Lee Greenwood and opera singer Christopher Macchio.

Trump’s last inauguration featured the lesser-known Toby Keith, 3 Doors Down and The Piano Guys, while several very prominent personalities (Elton John, The Beach Boys, Charlotte Church, Celine Dion, etc. ) said they were requested and rejected.

According to the JCCIC website, the theme of the 60th Inaugural Ceremony is “Our Enduring Democracy: A Constitutional Promise,” highlighting “the Founders’ commitment to future generations of Americans to preserve the continuity and stability of our democratic form of government. ” “.

Oui. Il will be a grassroots march on January 18, organized through a coalition of feminist organizations including Abortion Action Now, SisterSong, Planned Parenthood, National Women’s Law Center and Women’s March. The National Action Network, under the leadership of its president. and founder the Rev. Al Sharpton will host a rally on MLK Jr. /Inauguration Day. And some Washingtonians have reportedly gotten rid of their Airbnb listings over the weekend in protest against Trump.

He did so, marking the first time an incumbent skipped his successor’s inauguration since Andrew Johnson refused to attend Ulysses S. Grant’s first inauguration in 1869. Or as the JCCIC saying goes with some certainty delicacy: “This culture has continued, with a few exceptions, since 1837, when Martin Van Buren and Andrew Jackson traveled together in a wooden carriage on the U. S. S. Constitution. “

Immediately. Trump has said he plans to sign a barrage of executive orders on “day one” of the new administration, and that’s Monday. While there’s no sign of him going through with the idea of having a “tiny desk” installed at the Capitol on Inauguration Day, as he mused during his presidential campaign, he will on his return to the White House immediately put his name to more than 100 items of paperwork, on topics that include border security, immigration (and deportation) and the economy. And, yes, that could include his threatened 25 per cent tariff on Canadian imports.

On Saturday, January 18, a presidential reception and fireworks will be held at Trump National Golf Club in Virginia. There will also be a cabinet reception and a vice presidents’ dinner.

Sunday’s occasions will come with a wreath-laying rite at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery and, in another context, Trump’s “MAGA Victory Rally” at the Capital One Arena in Washington.

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