WASHINGTON (CNN) — On his first full day back in Washington, President-elect Barack Obama on Sunday visited Arlington National Cemetery and will attend a concert at the Lincoln Memorial.
President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden at the Tomb of the Unknowns on Sunday.
His visit marked download horror movies the end of his three-day train tour from Illinois to the nation’s capital and the beginning of the huge challenges Obama faces, including making good on his campaign promise to start bringing troops home from Iraq.
Joined by Vice President-elect Joe comedy movies Biden and their families, Obama helped lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns. The event lasted about 30 minutes before Biden and Obama headed to separate church services.
The Obamas, including daughters Sasha and Malia, and Michelle Obama’s mother-in-law, Marian Robinson, attended the 19th Street Baptist Church in northwest Washington.
After a reading from Psalms, an associate pastor led a prayer. "Yes we can, in the name of Jesus we pray, Amen," she said.
Obama is due to appear at the Lincoln Memorial at 2:30 p.m. The first families will join him. He will give a speech at 4 p.m.
The "We are One: Opening Inaugural Celebration" at the Lincoln Memorial will feature performances by Beyonce, Sheryl Crow, John Legend, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, U2, will.i.am and Stevie Wonder.
For the past three days, Obama has been on a shortened version of President Abraham Lincoln’s 1861 rail trip to Washington. Obama will be inaugurated as the 44th president on Tuesday in Washington. In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the 137-mile trip began, Obama alluded to the president who inspired his train journey.
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Obama used a call-to-action Lincoln made in his inaugural address in 1861 appealing to Americans’ "better angels."
"What is required is a new declaration of independence, not just in our nation, but in our own lives — from ideology and small thinking, prejudice and bigotry — an appeal not to our easy instincts but to our better angels," Obama said.
Crowds gathered along the route to catch a glimpse of him. In Baltimore, Maryland, about 40,000 stood shoulder-to-shoulder in the brutal cold to greet Obama.
Tears rolled down one woman’s face as Obama spoke. "We love you, Obama!" someone yelled out.
"I love you back," Obama answered calmly, eliciting a roar from the
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