Inauguration of the 44th President!

Pictured Above: Some of the chaperons at 4:45am the day before the inauguration.  “All aboard!”  Load the buses.

Pictured Above: The Koren War Memorial.  Really an interesting memorial to walk around.  You do feel like you are moving with the soldiers.

Pictured Above: One of my students, who is from Andrah Pradesh, India, at the Korean War Memorial.  The nations that supported us are inscribed in the stone.

Pictured Above: Another group of our students and a teacher in front of the reflecting pool (the Washington Monument behind).

Pictured Above:  Proud to be from North Carolina.  Each state and territory has a tower at the World War II Memorial.

Pictured Above:  The Capitol Building the day before the inauguration.

Pictured Above:  The morning of.  Getting off of the buses at RFK Stadium.

Pictured Above:  “Here are your orders!”  My team meeting before loading the shuttle buses.

Pictured Above:  Love it.  For my Indian friends: a “red neck” refers to someone who traditionally works out in the rural areas-working outside with the sun on your neck all day leads to a red neck.  Since the term was coined, other stereotypes about Red Necks have evolved.

Pictured Above:  As we enter the National Mall the front half of the Washington Monument lawn is already packed with people around the Jumbo-tron television.

Pictured Above:  Some of the millions present.

Pictured Above: We all go wild as they show our future President walking through the corridors of the Capitol Building.