The American flag fills the inner mall in front of the presidential inauguration. Reuters = Yonhap News
– The inauguration ceremony of US President-elect Joe Biden will be held on the 20th (local time). The day before the inauguration ceremony, the elect leaves his home in Delaware and stays at the’Blair House’, a presidential guesthouse near the White House in Washington DC. When the opening remarks are held at the inauguration ceremony on the outdoor stage west of the Federal Capitol at around 11:30 am, the US national proposal and prayers are continued. The oath of office is expected to take place just before 12:00 noon. This is because, under the US Constitution, the start of the new president’s term of office is noon on January 20. At 12 o’clock after the oath of office is over, the elect is changed to president.
One of the big concerns of the inauguration preparation committee is that there are few attendees and the American people cannot attend. The vast park between the Capitol, Lincoln Memorial and the White House on the far opposite side is the National Mall, which was filled with crowds at the inauguration of the previous president. However, it is now closed due to COVID-19 and security concerns. The preparation committee filled this space with flags. The’Field of Flags’ was filled with about 191,500 flags. These are the flags of the United States, flags of the 50 states, and flags of other U.S. territories.
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The National Mall at the time of the inauguration of President Obama (2009, above) and President Trump (2017). Central photo
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Biden’s inauguration ceremony for the U.S. president in 2021 takes place in this landscape. Instead of crowds, American flags and other flags representing American territories filled the National Mall. Reuters = Yonhap News
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The night view of the National Mall full of flags. AFP=Yonhap News
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The National Mall is full of flags. I can see the Washington Monument in the distance. Reuters = Yonhap News
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American flags and flags of each state filled the National Mall instead of crowds. AP=Yonhap News
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Flags of 50 US states and other US territories have created a field of flags in the National Mall in front of the Capitol. UPI=Yonhap News
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Field of Flags. Instead of the crowd gathering at the inauguration ceremony of the US president, the flag flutters. UPI=Yonhap News
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On the 18th, workers are installing flags at the National Mall. UPI=Yonhap News
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On the 18th, the US military is rehearsing the presidential inauguration ceremony. EPA=Yonhap News
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The National Defense Forces are strengthening their vigilance ahead of the presidential inauguration ceremony on the 18th. UPI=Yonhap News
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Reporter Choi Jeong-dong
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