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Crowds of people in winter weather clothing are gathered in front of the U.S. Capitol building. There are red, white and blue flags and banners draped on many parts of the building, and members of the military dressed in various uniforms are facing the crowd. One military member is conducting a band.
090120-A-8725H-843.JPG Photo By: SPC Daniel J. Herrera

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Marine Michael J. Colburn conducts the "The President's Own," U.S. Marine Band, at the 56th presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2009. More than 5,000 men and women in uniform are providing military ceremonial support to the presidential inauguration, a tradition dating back to George Washington's 1789 inauguration.(DoD photo by Spc. Daniel J. Herrera, U.S. Army/Released)


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