WASHINGTON (AP) - The mood is a festive one as crowds start to
jam Washington, D.C. in advance of tomorrow's inauguration of
Barack Obama.
On the National Mall, amid a light snowfall, small groups have
been gathering around large-screen TVs showing reruns of yesterday
afternoon's concert. And on the specially-built inaugural stands
outside the Capitol, musicians Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman have
been rehearsing for their role in the ceremonies.
On a corner near the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, the Boy's
Choir of Kenya performed an impromptu selection for the crowd.
A student from the University of Washington, Donald Butler, says
"everybody's excited." Butler says he "just had to be" in
Washington to see history made.
But there are also signs of the heavy security that will be in
place. Uniformed military personnel are stationed at street
corners.
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