Obamas And Bidens To Join Day Of Nat'l Service On Jan. 19

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Community Service for Obama and Biden Before Inaugural
By Katharine Q. Seelye


Barack Obama and Joseph R. Biden Jr. will be joining a national day of service on Monday, Jan. 19, the day before they are sworn in as president and vice president. This event, reported earlier in The New York Times, comes from an official outline of their schedule, which was just released.

Mr. Obama and Mr. Biden and their families are to participate in as-yet-unannounced service activities in Washington, D.C., and will call on everyone across the country to participate in similar events in their own home towns.

The next day, Tuesday, is inauguration day, when Mr. Obama and Mr. Biden will be sworn into office.

And they will be going to inaugural balls, but we don’t know yet which ones they will attend or how many. Mr. Obama is having a new tux made; there has been no word on which designer might be dressing Michelle Obama.

They new first and second couples will participate in “the traditional inaugural ceremonies,” the announcement says, including the swearing-in on the West Front of the Capitol, lunch in Statuary Hall inside the Capitol, the parade down Pennsylvania Avenue and official inaugural balls.

“Details about the inaugural balls will be released at a later date,” the announcement says.

On Wednesday, Mr. Obama and Mr. Biden will participate in a prayer service, which is also customary.