Monday's public inauguration ceremony will be witnessed by hundreds of thousands of people on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
The Second Inauguration of President Barack Obama
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President Barack Obama stains a bookshelf at Burrville Elementary School as the first family participated in a community service project for the National Day of Service, part of the 57th Presidential Inauguration, in Washington, January 19, 2013.
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Vice President Joseph Biden, Jr. takes the oath of office, administered by Associate Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor in the residence of the vice president in Washington, January 20, 2012.
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Media members provide Inauguration coverage at the National Mall, January 20, 2013. (D. Manis / VOA)
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