Yesterday was Obama’s inauguration, and everything was absolutely packed. I climbed a tree in front of the Capitol and got a pretty good view, but you can see all those pictures in the news. So here are some tourists.

p.s. inauguration 1569, from Fr. inauguration “installation, consecration,” from L. inaugurationem (nom. inauguratio) “consecration, installment under good omens,” from inaugurare “take omens from the flight of birds, consecrate or install when such omens are favorable,” from in- “on, in” + augurare “to act as an augur, predict”