Inauguration preparations
Thursday President Bush will be inaugurated for his second term in office. This Inauguration Day will be a large event, with a parade and a huge amount of visitors, and the preparations started long ago.
Yesterday I went for a walk on the Mall, the strip between the Capitol and the Washington monument, where all the museums are. Many tents and barriers for the festivities were already in place, and they were installing a stage in front of the Capitol with thousands of chairs.
Security will be extremely tight this year and many streets and office buildings downtown will be closed from Wednesday morning on.
A few pictures.
Barriers near the Capitol.
Power generators, forklifts and other machinery on the Mall.
Outdoor sound-system.
The Washington Monument with large party tents.
Stage in front of the Capitol.
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Inauguration preparations
Hya Guus,
I like the pics! Especially the one of the sound system. A pity the sound system is in the way because the Capitol has a severe case of 'Alpengluehen' (beautiful the red light on the white building).
Marc.
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Hi Marc,
I'm glad you like the pictures. It's a lot easier to make nice pictures when the light is so good as it was that day.
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Hi Guus!
Question: will one be arrested when throwing tomatoes? Are you going to watch?
Jerry
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Haha,
I am pretty sure throwing tomatoes will not be greatly appreciated. Anyway, it will be impossible given the security measures that are in place. A large part of down-town will be locked down for some 24 hours.
I won't be able to visit the parade -- it's a working day for us. Certainly going to watch it on TV though.
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Wow, impressive. Whole down-town locked down for Georgie. If it was for the Super Bowl.... :)
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Errrrr, this morning a photo in 'de Volkskrant' (a Dutch newspaper) shows soldiers removing snow around the Capitol, preparing for the inauguration. They did a good job, or you improved your Photoshop skills...
Arjan
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Either that or, a third option, these pictures were taking five days before the Volkskrant picture was taken...