In Pictures

The Boston Globe has a fantastic photo essay of the inauguration. It was hard to choose a handful for the post, as there are many great pictures. You should check it out!

(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)




(Chuck Kennedy-Pool/Getty Images)


40 years after their silent protest at the 1968 Olympics, Gold Medalist Tommie Smith hugs Bronze Medalist John Carlos, and their wives Delois Smith and Charlene Carlos after Barack Obama is officially sworn in as the President of the United States. Photo taken in the Smith room at the Sheraton Boston in Boston, MA. (Boston Globe/Stan Grossfeld)


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(REUTERS/Jason Reed)



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