# Inauguration Day follow-along thread -- Woo-hoo! Cue the brass bands & fireworks! **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 20, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958 "2021-01-20T13:10:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/201 "2021-01-20T17:48:50Z")
It is over, the wave goodbye to the former administration. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/202 "2021-01-20T17:49:12Z")
Agree. Say what you will about Pence, but at least he has the stones to be there as protocol requires, unlike his former boss. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/203 "2021-01-20T17:49:49Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > As an aside, what is the piece of music played as the colors were trotted in and out and where has it been used in pop culture because I know I know it but can’t place from where. Goddammit I’ve played this song a bunch and I can’t place it! I thought it was a theme for a branch of the military - which would be in “Salute To America’s Finest”, which any marching band kid knows if they’ve done a Memorial Day parade - but it’s not. Gonna drive me nuts all day til someone comes along with the answer! ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/204 "2021-01-20T17:54:15Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Apparently it _was_ a dove and olive branch and _not_ a Hunger Games mocking-jay that Lady Gaga wore. > > Brian Well yes. Lady Gaga is a practicing Catholic. It’s how her and Biden got to know each other 🙂 Also loved J-Lo, a Latina, singing This Land is Your Land. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/205 "2021-01-20T17:54:54Z")
President Biden has posted his first tweet: > ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/206 "2021-01-20T17:55:36Z")
They’re going to be busy – which also reminds me that Jen Psaki is the new press secretary, an immeasurable improvement over that nauseating lying bitch fronting for Trump: > Last night the Biden-Harris transition team released the daily schedule for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ first day in office. > > It includes the [signing of multiple executive orders](http://www.cnn.com/2021/01/20/politics/executive-actions-biden/index.html) and a 7 p.m. ET White House press briefing from press secretary Jen Psaki. > > Biden will also swear in “day one presidential appointees” in a virtual ceremony, according to a news release. > > Here’s a look at Wednesday’s schedule: > > - **8:45 a.m. ET:** Biden, Harris and their spouses attend a church service at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle. > - **Noon:** Biden and Harris are sworn in. > - **2:25 p.m. ET:** Biden and Harris visit the Tomb of the Unknown Solider at the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. > - **5:15 p.m. ET:** Biden signs executive orders and other presidential actions. > - **5:45 p.m. ET:** Biden swears in presidential appointees in a virtual ceremony. > - **8:48 p.m. ET:** Biden and Harris deliver remarks at the “Celebrating America” inaugural program. ---
**Author:** ![Tabco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tabco/32/7644_2.png) [@Tabco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabco)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/207 "2021-01-20T17:55:40Z")
The National Emblem March. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/208 "2021-01-20T17:55:58Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > It is over, the wave goodbye to the former administration. Happiness is Trump in your rear view mirror. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/209 "2021-01-20T17:56:08Z")
I assumed it was Sousa. Am I wrong? (I’m not mixing it up with The Stars and Stripes Forever.) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/210 "2021-01-20T17:56:16Z")
Normal - normal - normal! YAY! ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/211 "2021-01-20T17:56:26Z")
He has promised a few immediate executive orders on inauguration day. I forget what they all are. One is trans people using toilets that Trump made awful. I forget the others. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/212 "2021-01-20T17:56:35Z")
There is no such thing as a third hole for tanTrump, he can only count: _one, two, many_. So it is the _many hole_. It’s like his personal _Groundhog Day._ ---
**Author:** ![Marine\_One](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marine_one/32/3461_2.png) [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/213 "2021-01-20T17:56:53Z")
No more Trump stress! Now I can worry about more important things like Patrick Mahomes health. ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/214 "2021-01-20T17:57:35Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > lying bitch bitches ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/215 "2021-01-20T17:58:53Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > > [@E-DUB](#): > > > > As an aside, what is the piece of music played as the colors were trotted in and out and where has it been used in pop culture because I know I know it but can’t place from where. > > Goddammit I’ve played this song a bunch and I can’t place it! I thought it was a theme for a branch of the military - which would be in “Salute To America’s Finest”, which any marching band kid knows if they’ve done a Memorial Day parade - but it’s not. It is a rearrangement of the “National Emblem” march, beginning with the second half. The passage we normally hear when entering the colors begins at around 1:54 in [this clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSq7koSJlBQ). ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/216 "2021-01-20T17:59:14Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > There is no such thing as a third hole for tanTrump, he can only count: _one, two, many_ . Let’s face it. Donnie himself was one too many. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/217 "2021-01-20T18:00:12Z")
A palindromic date is auspicious for getting this country reversing from the disaster that the last four years have been. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/218 "2021-01-20T18:05:00Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Goddammit I’ve played this song a bunch and I can’t place it! I thought it was a theme for a branch of the military - which would be in “Salute To America’s Finest”, which any marching band kid knows if they’ve done a Memorial Day parade - but it’s not. Gonna drive me nuts all day til someone comes along with the answer! It’s the second part of Sousa’s “National Emblem.” For some reason, the second part is heard much more often than the rest of the march. I don’t know why, but that’s how it is. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/219 "2021-01-20T18:05:16Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Happiness is Trump in your rear view mirror. …with tire treads across his back. (_metaphorical_ tire treads) ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/220 "2021-01-20T18:06:25Z")
The sweetest words I’ve ever heard: former president Trump. I refuse to capitalize the p in president. He doesn’t deserve it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958.md?page=12)