The 56th US Presidential Inauguration will take place on Tuesday , January 20th , although the festivity beginthis weekend . The traditional parade will take place Tuesday afternoon after the expletive - in observance . Of the many parade participant , here are just a few that deserve a closer view .
1. Azalea Trail Maids
TheAzalea Trail Maidsof Mobile , Alabama are a radical of 50 high schoolhouse senior girls who dress in pastel nineteenth - century basketball hoop skirts and serve as representatives of Mobile . The Maids appear in the 2005 Inaugural Parade and were surprised to beinvited againthis year . Comments made by Alabama ’s NAACP President Edward Vaughn produced a flurry of news tarradiddle and discussions on whether the Maids were appropriate for this inaugural . Vaughn say the dresses cue him of slavery , and the Maids would make Alabama the goat of the land . Vaughn has sinceapologizedfor his comment .
2. Lawn Rangers
TheWorld Famous Lawn Rangersof Arcola , Illinois are a precision Mandrillus leucophaeus team of men who march with brooms and lawn lawn mower . They are n’t at all serious about it , and they are n’t all that precise . But they have attract some gamy - profile member likeDave Barry , andBarack Obamaeven marched with them in 2003 . Seea videoof the Lawn Rangers in action .
3. Moon Buggy
For the first time , NASA will be represented in the initiatory parade this twelvemonth by alunar vehicle . Astronaut Michael Gernhardt will labour the moon nuts prototype designed for a moon mission contrive for about twelve eld from now . The gang of thespace shuttle Endeavor ’s late mission will also parade in the parade .
4. Tuskeegee Airmen
The Tuskeegee Airmen , who fought valiantly in World War II , were featured in the presidential inauguration once before , in 1949 . But that wasonly a flyover , and they never got anywhere near the real inaugural . This twelvemonth will be different . The 250 surviving extremity of the all - black whole will behonored guestswith tooshie at the swearing - in ceremony . They will cod vintage cars in the parade , and president Obama plan a particular salute to the Airmen , all now in their 80s and ninety .
5. Lesbian and Gay Band Association
TheLesbian and Gay Band Associationwill institutionalize an all - star marching banding to the first parade . This will be the first year that an openly queer group has beeninvited to participatein the parade . The LGBA is a confederation of 34 unlike marching band and orchestras around the world . The stria will do five songs , the " Washington Post March " by John Philip Sousa , " Ode to Joy,“ by Ludwig van Beethoven , " Hold On , I ’m Comin'“ , vulgarize by Sam and Dave , " Brand New Day,“ from the Broadway musicalThe Wiz , and " Manhattan Beach" by John Philip Sousa .
6. Soapbox Derby Car
The South Cobb High School Blue Eagle march band is one of several gamy schooling isthmus invited to the inaugural parade . One member of the band , 14 - year - honest-to-goodness drummer drummerDevin Robinsonsuffers from a neuromuscular disease and requires a vehicle for participate . Devan Seabaugh , the soapbox car partisan who bring podium derby racing to Marietta , come up withthe solution .
Seabaugh ’s elevator car will become part of history as Robinson and his drum rally in the parade . Devin ’s father , Gerald D. Robinson will crowd him in the soapbox derby elevator car with a specially - establish handle .
7. Suurimmaanitchuat Dancers
TheSuurimmaanitchuat Dancersof Barrow , Alaska are a 22 - phallus troupe that has perform together for 20 years . They are the only native Alaskan group bid to the inaugural parade . They almost did n’t get on the roster . Member Rex Okakok was told over and over that it was too recent to apply for the parade . But his persistance pay off as the invitation finally come . The Suurimmaanitchuat Dancers perform traditional Eskimo dance plus some advanced invention , including an Elvis terpsichore and a dance that copy a hostess gift pre - flight instructions .
8. 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an unit of African - American soldiers with white officers who fought during the Civil War . The group ’s exploits were brought to the modern populace in the 1989 movieGlory . OK , the actual foot wo n’t be abut in the initiatory parade , but Civil War re - enactors known as54th ’s Company Awill depict the unit in Tuesday ’s parade . The re - enactors are based in Boston and work after see the movieGlory . Some of the members aredescendantsof the original 54th Infantry .
Theinaugural paradewill begin at 2:30 Tuesday , January 20th and will commence at Lafayette Square , continue along Pennsylvania Avenue , and will end at theCapitol Reflecting Pool .
