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Jan 21, 2009, 6:45 pm ET
Photo Gallery: Eve of the Inaugural

WASHINGTON — In the early-morning hours of Jan. 20, pockets of people gathered on the National Mall and elsewhere to reserve their spots to see the nation’s first African-American president sworn in.

Jan 21, 2009, 3:05 pm ET
Richmond students travel to Washington for Inauguration

Those who watched Barack Obama’s inauguration on television missed freezing temperatures, four-hour long lines, lost cell phone service and communal excitement.