Obama's Historic Inauguration to Feature Music Legends, Service Projects and Much More

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"I want to come hopping, skipping and jumping!" declared 92-year-old Spann Watson, an airman from New York. "We had a part in changing these United States."

"We were excluded out of everything and hidden from everything,"' Watson said. "Now this time is our time. And to have a Black man as the elected president, this is indeed a turn in history"

The program for President-elect [Barack H. Obama]'s inauguration was announced Dec. 17. In announcing the lineup, Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies chair Sen. Diane Feinstein said, "It is appropriate that the program will include some of the world's most gifted artists from a wide range of backgrounds and genres."

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Obama's Historic Inauguration to Feature Music Legends, Service Projects and Much More

WASHINGTON (NNPA)-As the nation's capital braces for what some officials, estimate will be a crowd of at least four million people, President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration is shaping up to be a four-day first-class affair that will include top entertainers, wall-to-wall parties, traditional ball...

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