Be Prepared—Big Day Finally Here! Sources for Live and Almost-Live Coverage of Barak Obama Inauguration: New Media and Old, a Personal Potpourri of Links
This is an exciting day and land-mark occasion world-wide—the swearing in of President Barack Hussein Obama as 44th President of the United States!
For those of us not in the US, some ways to connect and/or participate:
• Television: BBC live Coverage will begin at 4:00 pm Greenwich Mean Time
• Social Networking: CNN on Facebook, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (US)
• E-Bulletins and Links: CBS’s Couric and Co’s Inside Scoop
• On-Line Newspaper: TimesOnLine
• On-Line Broadcast Links: CBC.ca
Question: A New Media Inauguration? The BBC asks who will triumph on the day, new or old media?
Watching the Clock… Obama’s Inauguration Schedule Highlights (Eastern Standard Time, US)
• 11:30 a.m. Obama announced at West Front of Capitol
• 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Inauguration Ceremony
• 12:35 p.m. Departure ceremony for outgoing President George W. Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney
• 12:45 p.m. Signing ceremony in the President’s Room in the Capitol
• 1:05 p.m. Inaugural luncheon at Statuary Hall
• 2:20 p.m. Review of troops on East Front
• 2:25 to 6 p.m. The 56th Inaugural Parade travels down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House
• 8 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. Obama to appear at 10 inaugural balls
Connect how and whenever you can—and enjoy in the moment!
For a very quick reminder of election night 08, please see: A Night to Remember: US Elections From Canadian Side of the Border—Best, Worst, and Unsurprising Details (November 6, 2008).
I took the flag-shot at the start of this post in Fort Williams Park by Portland Head Light, Cape Elizabeth, Portland, Maine. Well worth a visit!
