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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama attended 10 official inaugural balls during the evening of January 20, 2009. [149] [150] Barack Obama wore a new tuxedo made by Hart Schaffner Marx, a Chicago-based menswear company. [143] He also wore a white bow tie, instead of the conventional black.
Barack Obama and Michelle Obama at the We Are One concert event. We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial was a public celebration of the then forthcoming inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States at the Lincoln Memorial and the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on January 18, 2009.
The first inaugural ball was held by sponsors on May 7, 1789, in New York City, one week after the first inauguration of George Washington. In 1809, Dolley Madison hosted a gala at Long's Hotel in Washington D.C. after the first inauguration of James Madison was held earlier in the day at the United States Capitol , where a total of 400 tickets ...
Obama's two-day visit to Argentina is the first by a sitting president in two decades, and coincides with the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the nation's "Dirty War," a period of state ...
Elizabeth Alexander recites a poem during President Obama's swearing-in ceremonies at the US Capitol on January 20, 2009. - Ron Edmonds/AP
The nation's first African-American president promised 'hope and change' during his campaign and his address focused on a 'new era of responsibility.' President Barack Obama's first inauguration ...
In addition to the official inaugural balls visited by President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama to celebrate the inauguration, various other notable balls and gatherings were held on January 20, 2009 throughout Washington, D.C. and the surrounding region that featured an array of themes, including: [1]
Watch the Obamas boogie down with R2D2 and some stormtroopers at The White House for Star Wars day.