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Inauguration Day 2013 & It's Rare Intersection with Martin Luther King Jr. Day

The Presidential Inauguration will be held in Washington, D.C, on Monday Jan. 21, 2013.

By Shiryn Ghermezian, EnStars on Jan 21, 2013 09:33 AM EST
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The Presidential Inauguration will be held in Washington, D.C, on Monday Jan. 21, 2013. President Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony will proceed his Inaugural Address, the Inaugural Parade and a week filled with inaugural balls and galas honoring the President of the United States. 

The official theme for the 2013 inauguration is "Faith in America's Future," marking the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and the placement of the Statue of Freedom on top of the Capital Dome in 1863. 

After his swearing-in and inaugural address, Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will participate in the inaugural parade from the Capital to the White House. President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden were officially sworn in on Sunday, Jan. 20, as mandated by the Constitution in private ceremonies at the Vice President's house and the White House. The 20th Amendment of the Constitution specified Jan. 20 as Inauguration Day. The official ceremony on Monday is just a symbolic one for the public.

Obama will be given the oath of office for a second time by Chief Justice John Roberts on the Capitol steps. The event is open to the public with ticketed seating or free standing. 

Inauguration Day 2013 has a rare intersection with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, bringing together the civil rights movement and the nation's first black president. It is only the second time in history that the two have fallen on the same day. The first time was in 1997 at the start of President Bill Clinton's second term. Clinton referenced King in his inaugural address and events were scheduled throughout the inauguration weekend to commemorate King. 

"It's almost like fate and history coming together," said U.S. Rep. John Lewis, who worked alongside King in the fight for civil rights during the 1950s and '60s and plans to attend the inauguration. "If it hadn't been for Martin Luther King Jr., there would be no Barack Obama as president."

King's youngest daughter, Bernice King, will attend the observance of her father's memory at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. She told Politico that she does not think the inauguration will overshadow celebrations to remember her father. 

"I think it enhances the observance, actually, because it heightens people's awareness about the King holiday," she said. "I also think it gives some sort of validation to the significant work that my father made to this country, to this world, in fact."

To watch online all of Monday's action, including the swearing-in ceremony and the inaugural parade, click here for live stream links and for a schedule of events.

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