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Shots from the Inaugural Ceremony: Holding hands for the opening prayer

OLYMPIA -- Legislators, Supreme Court justices and the audience in the gallery join hands for a prayer to open a session to inaugurate statewide elected officials on 1/11/2017 (Jim Camden/The Spokesman-Review)
OLYMPIA -- Legislators, Supreme Court justices and the audience in the gallery join hands for a prayer to open a session to inaugurate statewide elected officials on 1/11/2017 (Jim Camden/The Spokesman-Review)

OLYMPIA -- The Rev Leslie Braxton asked elected officials and the audience to  join hands for the opening prayer. 

Most managed to stay connected for the entire prayer, which quoted from The Battle Hymn of the Republic, St. Francis of Assisi and the Bible.

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