Hampton University alumna and Honor Guardsman to participate in Wreath Laying Ceremony at inauguration
Hampton University
By: Web Staff
and last updated 2021-01-19 21:25:03-05
HAMPTON, Va. - Another Hampton University alumna is playing a big role in Wednesday s inauguration.
Casey Blowe, Ensign (0-1) of the U.S. Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard, will participate in the Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for the 59th Presidential Inauguration, in which Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States.
Ensign Blowe graduated from Hampton University in 2018 with a bachelor s degree in Kinesiology. She is the daughter of Dr. Eleanor H. Blowe, the principal of Denbigh High School in Newport News, who is a 1990 HU alumna.
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be sworn in on the West front of US Capitol building
US President-elect Joe Biden and his deputy Kamala Harris will be sworn in as the 46th President and 49th Vice-President of the United States today, January 20. Ms Harris will make history as America s first woman, first Black and first person with south Asian roots to take the office of the Vice President.
Joe Biden, 78, will take the oath on his 127-year-old family Bible, which will be held by his wife, Dr Jill Biden, news agency PTI reported.
The Inauguration will take place amid a deadly coronavirus pandemic that has infected over 2.4 crores Americans and killed 3.9 lakh patients so far. The ceremony comes days after an unprecedented storming of the US Capitol building, which is the seat of the US Congress, by pro-Trump supporters who took over the building, leading to the evacuation and lockdown of the Capitol and five deaths.