USA Presidential Inauguration 2025- Comments/Questions/ Historical Interests

[Neighbor]

Hi all,

Having nothing to do Monday ( Lousy weather here) I watched some twelve hours of  TV channel flipping the inauguration of the 47th President of the USA.

Very impressive series of ceremony and tradition, despite the talking head's commentaries interrupting way too often. I am pleased to have lived long enough to have seen so many and yet nothing like this one! What a kick, quite the entertaining day; pomp, ceremony,  prayers and rather odd prayer too, awesome ceremony and singers, and low crass entertainment by five marching band drum majors holding their crouch with one hand while dancing a jig together and waving their batons with the other arm as they paraded past the president- a more weird moment of the late in the day's proceedings.

The day had it all, high ceremony, serious business, a call of Godliness though limited in scope, and some very WWE like jibs thrown about. Nothing like an Eisenhower nor Kennedy inauguration, but these are very different times too.

 I found myself enjoying it all -shame on me? What of you all anyone have a day to burn watching it all?

 

 

[NConly]

26 minutes ago, Neighbor said:

Hi all,

Having nothing to do Monday ( Lousy weather here) I watched some twelve hours of  TV channel flipping the inauguration of the 47th President of the USA.

Very impressive series of ceremony and tradition, despite the talking head's commentaries interrupting way too often. I am pleased to have lived long enough to have seen so many and yet nothing like this one! What a kick, quite the entertaining day. Pomp, ceremony,  prayers and rather odd prayer too, awesome ceremony and singers, and low crass entertainment by five marching band drum majors holding their crouch with one hand while dancing a jig together and waving their batons with the other arm as they paraded past the president.- a more weird moment of the late days proceedings.

The day had it all, high ceremony, serious business, a call of Godliness though limited in scope, and some very WWE like jibs thrown about. Nothing like an Eisenhower nor Kennedy inauguration, but these are very different times too.

 I found myself enjoying it all -shame on me? What of you all anyone have a day to burn watching it all?

 

 

I found it, it was Mississippi band. It is a disgusting  as you say.

[Alive]

33 minutes ago, Neighbor said:

Hi all,

Having nothing to do Monday ( Lousy weather here) I watched some twelve hours of  TV channel flipping the inauguration of the 47th President of the USA.

Very impressive series of ceremony and tradition, despite the talking head's commentaries interrupting way too often. I am pleased to have lived long enough to have seen so many and yet nothing like this one! What a kick, quite the entertaining day; pomp, ceremony,  prayers and rather odd prayer too, awesome ceremony and singers, and low crass entertainment by five marching band drum majors holding their crouch with one hand while dancing a jig together and waving their batons with the other arm as they paraded past the president- a more weird moment of the late in the day's proceedings.

The day had it all, high ceremony, serious business, a call of Godliness though limited in scope, and some very WWE like jibs thrown about. Nothing like an Eisenhower nor Kennedy inauguration, but these are very different times too.

 I found myself enjoying it all -shame on me? What of you all anyone have a day to burn watching it all?

 

 

I made it a point to watch continually from early morning until Trump and Melania dancing. I did not like that particular dancing band. I did really enjoy the fife and drum bit.

[Neighbor]

I was wondering about the Red Coats amongst the several military bands on review; who are they? Red Coats? ???  They were indeed  an outstanding part of the review with their fife and drum marching. I still don't know about the uniforms though. Will have to look up what I might find.  Ahha some fascinating information is at https://fifeanddrum.army.mil/faq.html

[Alive]

5 minutes ago, Neighbor said:

I was wondering about the Red Coats amongst the several military bands on review; who are they? Red Coats? ???  They were indeed  an outstanding part of the review with their fife and drum marching. I still don't know about the uniforms though. Will have to look up what I might find. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fife_and_drum_corps

[other one]

I didn't watch near all of it, but what I did see gave me a little hope for the future. I really enjoyed the looks on the faces and body language of some of the top democrats while the President was speaking.

[Alive]

1 minute ago, other one said:

I didn't watch near all of it, but what I did see gave me a little hope for the future. I really enjoyed the looks on the faces and body language of some of the top democrats while the President was speaking.

He is trying to make good on the promises made and the expectations of those who elected him. This alone is a good thing…the way it should be…and rare.

[Neighbor]

Tidbit from WIKI "The Corps personnel play fifes, bugles, snare drums, and bass drums. Obtaining the instruments posed a challenge, as only a few manufacturers produce historical instruments. In 2012, a batch of 20 drums were produced in Basel, Switzerland, home to the Carnival of Basel, where a long tradition of marching drums and piccolo flutes is alive.[3] In 2023, the Corps introduced a new set of drums manufactured by Loyal Drums in Woodbridge, VA. The fifes were built in Switzerland by Skip Healy of the Healy Flute Company, a professional musician and U.S. ex-pat."

Anyway it was quite the day yesterday. Kind of glad for the lousy here weather that left me nothing much to do  but burn out my eyeballs watching from morning into night.

Oh the early  in the day part  had a poor Secret Service agent trembling with the cold weather blowing his tie and open summer weight suit coat till his hands and arms shook as he stood at the closed door to the "Beast" the Presidential Cadillac SUV with the President elect in it. I kept staring at him wondering if he was going to make it or freeze, or have to run beside it like the old days, or what.

Finally a lady replaced him that had a coat on, then a tiny tiny tiny almost midget tiny lady replaced her. I guess all were secret service agents.  What a job!

[other one]

Just now, Alive said:

He is trying to make good on the promises made and the expectations of those who elected him. This alone is a good thing…the way it should be…and rare.

Everyone I've met and talked with are very positive about future events.   Even my Democrat friends with the exception of a couple of TDS folks.  (Yes I do have TDS friends)

[Alive]

1 minute ago, other one said:

Everyone I've met and talked with are very positive about future events.   Even my Democrat friends with the exception of a couple of TDS folks.  (Yes I do have TDS friends)

Yup…and I do also. TDS is real.