WASHINGTON (AP) – The inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden will include a “virtual parade across America” consistent with crowd limits during the coronavirus era, organizers announced Sunday.
After the swearing-in ceremony on the opening day, Jan. 20, on the western front of the U.S. Capitol, Biden and his wife, First Lady Jill Biden, will join Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband to participate in a socially distanced pass. a Review on the opposite front of the Capitol. These are military traditions where Biden will check the availability of military troops.
Biden will also receive a traditional presidential escort with representatives from all military branches from 15th Street in Washington to the White House. This, according to the inaugural Presidential Committee, will also distance itself socially, while “providing the American people and the world with historical images of the president-elect proceeding to the White House without attracting large crowds.”
Workers in recent days have begun dismantling a revision stop of the inaugural parade in front of the White House as the Biden transition team continues to prepare for parties that will be mostly virtual. Accordingly, organizers also said they will hold a nationwide virtual parade to “celebrate American heroes, highlight Americans of all lifestyles in different states and regions, and reflect on diversity, the heritage and the resilience of the country when we start a new American era “.
The parade event will be televised and will feature “diverse and dynamic” performances in communities across the country, the inaugural committee promised. Participants will be announced in the coming weeks.
“We are excited about the possibilities and opportunities this moment offers to allow all Americans to participate in the sacred inaugural traditions of our country,” Maju Varghese, executive director of the Presidential Inaugural Committee, said in a statement.