Pre-Inauguration Photos 1

There is a huge, multi-artist, FREE concert at the Lincoln Memorial this afternoon. I took this photo yesterday as Bruce Springsteen was rehearshing a song with a choir.


Bono, Beyonce, Garth Brooks, James Taylor and many others are scheduled to perform and HBO will play the concert back tonight.

On Tuesday, these seats will be full and both the outgoing and incoming Presidents will be on the platform.



That rectangular thing with the colorful vertical stripes is one of 20 giant screen TVs being set up on the Mall. Many (most?) of the estimated 2 million people coming to Washington for the inauguration will see Barack Obama take the Oath of Office on these screens.



The National Mall was relatively empty Saturday but it will be a sea of people on Tuesday.



The police have a monumental task ahead of them on Tuesday.