I attended Obama’s inauguration.
I opted to skip Trump’s inauguration
I’d planned to attend Biden’s inauguration.

The three inaugurations could not have been more different, and my personal experience with each of them was dramatically different as well (my wife and I have lived in Washington, DC for a good chunk of the last 20 years).

My wife and I on the Mall during Obama’s inauguration and sneaking behind the scenes at the Green Ball (right after Melissa Etheridge sang).

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