Ammon News - Inauguration Day is nearly here. President Biden on Monday will be handing over power to President-elect Donald J. Trump at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

After the day’s ceremonial events, shifted indoors because of cold weather, Trump is expected to sign a series of executive orders. The night will end with inaugural balls.

What time is the inauguration and where is it happening?
Mr. Trump’s swearing-in ceremony will begin at 12 p.m. Eastern, but the action will start earlier, as the Trumps arrive for morning services at St. John’s Church in Washington.

The swearing-in will now happen inside the Capitol Rotunda. It will be the first time the ceremony has taken place inside since 1985, when Ronald Reagan was inaugurated for his second term. Bitter cold conditions prompted that move, too.

Trump is expected to head to the Oval Office after the swearing-in, where he has said he’ll begin signing executive orders on issues like immigration, economic policy and government overhaul.

While there is no set time for how long the inauguration ceremony will run, the proceedings lasted roughly an hour when Trump took the oath of office in 2017 and Mr. Biden was inaugurated in 2021.

What's the schedule for the inauguration ceremony?
According to the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee, the inaugural ceremonies will begin with a musical prelude performed by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Combined Choirs and "The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band.

Klobuchar will issue a call to order, and Timothy Cardinal Dolan, the archbishop of New York, and the Rev. Franklin Graham will deliver an invocation. Christopher Macchio, an opera singer dubbed America's Tenor, will sing "Oh, America!"

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh will then administer the vice presidential oath of office to JD Vance. Trump nominated Kavanaugh to the high court in 2018 following the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy.

Country singer Carrie Underwood, joined by the Armed Forces Chorus and the U.S. Naval Academy Glee Club, will perform "America the Beautiful."

Following their performance, Chief Justice John Roberts will administer the presidential oath to Trump.

The Naval Academy Glee Club will return to sing "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," and then Trump will deliver his inaugural address.

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