PHOTOS: The inauguration of Barack Obama

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A group of soldiers pauses at the Lincoln Memorial before dawn on Inauguration Day. Barack Obama and his family visited the monument on the eve of his inauguration as the 44th president of the United States.

The inauguration of Barack Obama

( Jeff Zelevansky / Getty Images / January 20, 2009 )

A group of soldiers pauses at the Lincoln Memorial before dawn on Inauguration Day. Barack Obama and his family visited the monument on the eve of his inauguration as the 44th president of the United States.

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