The “signing” along with the pledge.
Oh. “Sucked” is pretty strong, but whatever. <shrug>
Great explanation of the turning and saluting, thanks!
That was my one annoyance in the whole thing. I tuned in at noon (the first time I’ve ever watched an inauguration) to learn that he had already been sworn in. Booo!
Amanda Gorman’s reading was hit and miss but wow the hits were grand slams. What a credit she is to the younger generation. According to an article I read the Biden administration put no limits on her poem; it was all her.
She’s a Fire Captain, not a professional translator.
I’m aware: that’s why she had no business doing that. Especially since DC has one of the biggest Deaf populations in the country. Plenty of people who could have done it beautifully.
Al Roker got a fist bump!
He just ran over to Al Roker like he was excited to see someone from TV!
OK, reasonable under the circumstances, walking just the last block of Penn Ave. from Treasury to WH
I’m watching the C-Span feed, and whoever has the steadycam is huffing pretty hard trying to keep up with him. Now, I’m guessing he had to walk the entire route…
Here comes Howard university!
Was that taken during today’s events? If so, wow!
(Not that I’m a spiritual person)
Yeah it was.
Here is Amanda Gorman speaking (yellow dot in a sea of black):
watching on MSN.com-- Harris family walking to the WH. Big group, but I’ll bet half of those people are Secret Service.
She has nieces and stepchildren.
Great photo, thanks. From the live feeds it looked like people were much closer together.
I await your gracious concession in 10 years time 
Backatcha
I don’t know how Biden could have played any other card besides healing and unity. But knowing that Republicans in the past 2 weeks have been relentlessly on-message about “accountability ruins healing and unity”, this seems like kind of a clueless and tone-deaf trap to walk into.
I don’t think this bodes well for those of us who want to see accountability for the past 4 years of callow lawlessness.