Georgia fire captain to deliver Pledge of Allegiance at Biden s inauguration
By FOX 5 Digital Team
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Captain Andrea Hall will read the Pledge of Allegiance at Joe Biden s inauguration. (City of South Fulton)
(City of South Fulton)
SOUTH FULTON, Ga. - A Georgia fire captain will deliver the Pledge of Allegiance as part of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris next week.
The International Association of Fire Fighters and the inauguration committee asked City of South Fulton Fire Capt. Andrea Hall to do the honors of reading the pledge.
In a statement, Hall said she was honored to be chosen to participate in the inauguration ceremony.
Gaga and J. Lo will be joined by Jesuit priest and former Georgetown University president Father Leo J. O’Donovan, who will lead the invocation. Andrea Hall, the first Black woman to be named captain with the South Fulton Fire and Rescue Department in Georgia, will be leading the Pledge of Allegiance. In addition, Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gordon will give a reading, and a benediction will be performed by Rev. Silvester Beaman, pastor of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Wilmington, Delaware.
The will be no crowds gathered on the National Mall as per usual, as the area will be closed to the public. Instead, America’s Dad Tom Hanks will be hosting a 90-minute television special with performances by Justin Timberlake, Jon Bon Jovi, Demi Lovato, and Ant Clemons. The special will be broadcast live on all major networks at 8:30 p.m. ET, and will be streaming live on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Twitch, Amazon Prime Video, and pretty much every other streaming platform. Pro
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