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Volume 1 , Number 15 A Good News Ventures publication January 19 , 2017
Inaugural Schedule
Thursday , January 19 10:35 am - Performances begin at Lincoln Memorial . " Voices of the People ," the first act of a day-long public concert , will feature groups such as the DC Fire Department Emerald Society Pipes and Drums , the Republican Hindu Coalition , high school marching bands , choirs and baton twirlers .
3:30 pm to 4 pm - Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in honor of the nation ' s veterans .
4 pm to 6 pm - Trump will deliver remarks during the second act of the concert at Lincoln Memorial , dubbed the " Make America Great Again ! Welcome Celebration ." The event , broadcast live nationally , will be headlined by country stars Toby Keith and Lee Greenwood and feature a fireworks finale .
Trump is expected to spend Thursday night at Blair House , the presidential guest residence across the street from the White House .
Friday , January 20 Morning - Trump , Pence and their families are expected to attend services at St . John ' s Episcopal Church , just steps from the White House . Afterward , President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama welcome Trump and his wife Melania to the White House for morning tea . The two couples will then travel together to the Capitol by motorcade .
9:30 am - Inauguration ceremony begins on the west front of the Capitol with musical performances . Attendees will include members of Congress , Supreme Court justices , diplomats and the public . Former presidents Jimmy Carter , George W . Bush and Bill Clinton will attend , as will Trump ' s election opponent Hillary Clinton .
Former president George H . W . Bush is in frail health and will not be present .
Sixteen-year-old soprano Jackie Evancho will sing the national anthem . The Rockettes dance troupe will also be performing , at a time yet to be announced .
11:30 am - Opening remarks . Religious leaders will offer the invocation and readings .
Pence will be sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas .
Noon - Trump will recite the oath of office , administered by US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts . He will use president Abraham Lincoln ' s inauguration Bible , as well as the Bible that Trump ' s mother gave to him at his Sunday school graduation in 1955 . Afterward , Trump will deliver his inaugural address .
12:30 Ceremony ends . Afterward , in keeping with tradition , Trump and Pence will attend the Congressional Lunch in the Capitol .
3 pm to 5 pm - Inaugural parade . The newly minted president and vice-president make their way 1.5 miles ( 2.4 kilometers ) along Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House , trailed by some 8,000 parade participants . They will include members of all US military branches , as well as high school and university marching bands , equestrian corps , first responders , veteran groups and even a tractor brigade .
7 pm to 11 pm - Trump , Pence and their wives will make appearances at three official inaugural balls , two of which will be held at the Walter E . Washington Convention Center and the other at the National Building Museum . A number of semiofficial and unofficial balls also will take place throughout the city .
Saturday , Jan 21 10 am to 11 am - Trump and Pence attend the interfaith National Prayer Service , held at the Washington National Cathedral .
What becomes of the unity of our states of America : It ’ s our choice
by Cathy Kerton-Johnson
It was one of the most alarming moments of my life , the day after the 2016 United States Presidential election , when I experienced the most politically divisive sentiment I had ever seen publicly since I was living as a child in Apartheid South Africa .
It may seem inappropriate for a foreigner , an immigrant , to make comments on local political culture . However , I would beg your patience for a moment , to listen to my outsider ’ s point of view , as I have seen the separation of people in their political views , to the point where they began to hate each other and kill each other .
I have seen where the majority vote for a president that the rest of the people hate . I have seen a president who has seven wives , and who says that AIDS does not exist , and who builds a million dollar house when his people are starving . I have also seen good presidents , and average presidents .
One thing I know is that it is the people of the land that make it peaceful or violent , that make it prosperous or poor .
Yes our government can wreck a land , but the government leads a people , and it becomes dangerous when a people idolise their leader above their brothers and sisters .
A better way to look at it is the way people did in the early days of life in America , before everyone started kicking everyone else out of each other ’ s country . If there ’ s space for all of us , let ’ s live in peace with each other and try to learn about each other , and leave each other in peace .
We live in an area with some Universities , and some Factories , and some Small to Medium Businesses and lots of other ways to make a living . That means that we all believe a lot of different things . We are different to a lot of rural towns and cities .
That means we could end up being very divided . Instead let ’ s end up loving each other fiercely .
One of the reasons coming to live in America has been such an incredible opportunity for our family as South Africans is that we have been given the gift that our forefathers had , the gift of owning land in abundance that we can till and manage and leave to our children , animals that we can grow , and a life of safety for our family . We have also found community , and freedom to start business , we have found support for new ideas and dreams . People believe in each other here . Our message to you as newcomers is - don ’ t lose that . Don ’ t lose the belief in each other because of a leader in an office far away . Believe in each other because of the boys and girls on the diamonds and in the classrooms . They need you to believe in each other and love each other fiercely , and even in spite of each other . You may be going different directions in your politics , but you believe in the same things at the heart - that human beings are precious , that God is good , and that America is a place worth loving for .
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