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Obama's Inauguration

TUESDAY, JAN. 20, 2009

Dispatches from the Vox crowd and other notes

Students who work on the Vox, the Spokesman-Review's high school newspaper project, are in D.C. for the inauguration. Read their dispatches at the Vox Box.To see all our inauguration stories, blog posts and photos in one spot, check out our special section.And look for the…

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The stage on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Monday, Jan. 19, 2009, the day before Barack Obama's inauguration. (Derek Casanovas / Special to The Spokesman-Review)

Scenes from the day before

Derek Casanovas, a Whitworth University student attending the inauguration, sent photos from the Mall on Monday evening. This one shows the stage on the Capitol steps.Click here and here for two scenes from elsewhere on the Mall.

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Obama's Inauguration

Barack Obama's inauguration as the 44th president of the United States is drawing people from across the country, including the Inland Northwest. Watch this blog for Spokane-area residents' photos and firsthand observations from the events in Washington, D.C.