President-elect Barack Obama says he plans to use all three of his names when he takes the oath of office in January, giving voice to a name that was was rarely used during the campaign except by critics.
Inauguration events begin on January 17 with a train ride beginning in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and stopping in Wilmington, Delaware and Baltimore, Maryland before continuing on to Washington, District of Columbia. The inauguration has events scheduled in Washington between January 18 and January 21, 2009. The 2009 inauguration is expected to have record-setting attendence between 2 and 4 million. The Oath of office and inaugural address will occur at the United States Capitol at noon on January 20. The public observation area is the National Mall, although a section of the Mall between Third and Fourth streets NW is reserved for ticket-holders.Unlike political campaigns, there are no legal restrictions on the amount that one can contribute to an inaugural celebration. The 2005 Inauguration saw numerous corporations contribute $250,000 to George W. Bush's second inauguration, which cost more than an estimated $40 million. Barack Obama's inauguration committee (Penny Pritzker, John W. Rogers, Jr., Pat Ryan, William Daley and Julianna Smoot) set a $50,000 contribution limit to underscore the new Obama way of doing things
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