Inauguration 2013: What They Were Thinking

The mood on Inauguration Day.

Shirley Washington, Washington, D.C. (right) - "I absolutely love him. He deserves this. He's a wonderful president. I worked in the civil rights movement as a student in the '60s and to think that all of that hard work would bring about somebody like Obama is wonderful. It took three continents to raise this man; he's an international citizen and the world loves him."(Photo: Joyce Jones/BET.com)
Liane Robinson, Washington, D.C. (third from left) - "We came down [from St. John's University] to do community service in memory of MLK but it's a very monumental day. We're celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King and it's also the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. So to have everyone out here to see Obama's second swearing-in is pretty amazing. I would like him to make everything he's promised come to fruition and more bipartisan collaboration.(Photo: Joyce Jones/BET.com)
Ella Hunter, Washington, D.C. - "I was very moved just being here. History in the making the second time around is even better. It's just really an awesome experience for me to be so moved to see so many different cultures and people and the love here on the Capitol grounds. It's just amazing."(Photo: Joyce Jones/BET.com)
Velma Wells (center), King College Prep Marching Band, Illinois - "It's very exciting to perform for the president. Not a lot of kids from anywhere get the opportunity to perform for such a high official. And the fact that we go to school right down the street from his [Chicago] home, makes us proud to make him proud and show everyone where he came from."(Photo: Joyce Jones/BET.com)

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Liane Robinson, Washington, D.C. (third from left) - "We came down [from St. John's University] to do community service in memory of MLK but it's a very monumental day. We're celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King and it's also the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. So to have everyone out here to see Obama's second swearing-in is pretty amazing. I would like him to make everything he's promised come to fruition and more bipartisan collaboration.(Photo: Joyce Jones/BET.com)

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