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PHOTOS: Biden, Harris Assume Office During Unique Inauguration Ceremony
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
President-elect Joe Biden and incoming first lady Jill Biden attend Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C.
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There have been inaugurals in times of national crisis, in times of war and in times of bitter dissension. But much about the 59
th Inauguration was nonetheless unique: The small number of attendees seated far apart in masks; the absence of the incumbent president two weeks following an insurrection he encouraged; the first woman elected as vice president. And yet much was still familiar: The new president recited the oath of office as it appears in the Constitution, as has been done every four years since 1789.