"We the People" Celebrate Term Two

Scenes from Obama's inauguration day.

Second Time Around - Under slightly overcast skies and amid mild winter weather, the second Inauguration Ceremony of President Barack Obama drew an estimated crowd of nearly 700,000 people to the National Mall on Jan. 21, 2013; making it the largest second-term inaugural in history. — Naeesa Aziz(Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Second Time Around - Under slightly overcast skies and amid mild winter weather, the second Inauguration Ceremony of President Barack Obama drew an estimated crowd of nearly 700,000 people to the National Mall on Jan. 21, 2013; making it the largest second-term inaugural in history. — Naeesa Aziz(Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Lined Up on Pennsylvania Avenue - Spectators gathered along Pennsylvania Avenue before the festivities began.  (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

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Lined Up on Pennsylvania Avenue - Spectators gathered along Pennsylvania Avenue before the festivities began.  (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

Ecstatic Excitement - People waved and cheered for a television camera near the U.S. Capitol building on the National Mall. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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Ecstatic Excitement - People waved and cheered for a television camera near the U.S. Capitol building on the National Mall. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Pinned Up - Obama supporter Lisa Hogue displays her presidential swag for photographers. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Pinned Up - Obama supporter Lisa Hogue displays her presidential swag for photographers. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Obama Rolls Deep - Obama's presidential motorcade heads up Pennsylvania Avenue to the U.S. Capitol for the inaugural celebration. (Photo: AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Obama Rolls Deep - Obama's presidential motorcade heads up Pennsylvania Avenue to the U.S. Capitol for the inaugural celebration. (Photo: AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Oh, Chilly Day - Although the temperature was nowhere near the chill of the 2009 inaugural, crowds still bundled up to keep warm during the ceremony. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Oh, Chilly Day - Although the temperature was nowhere near the chill of the 2009 inaugural, crowds still bundled up to keep warm during the ceremony. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Obama Girls - Supporters Rickita Glass and Kelly Grimes showed their Obama support while on the National Mall for the Inauguration ceremony. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Obama Girls - Supporters Rickita Glass and Kelly Grimes showed their Obama support while on the National Mall for the Inauguration ceremony. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Stars and Stripes - Singers from the Lee University Choir from Cleveland,Tennessee, had an opportunity to perform on the historic day. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Stars and Stripes - Singers from the Lee University Choir from Cleveland,Tennessee, had an opportunity to perform on the historic day. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Have Obama, Will Travel - Obama supporter Monica Fitchett holds a cut-out of the president near the U.S. Capitol building on the National Mall. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Have Obama, Will Travel - Obama supporter Monica Fitchett holds a cut-out of the president near the U.S. Capitol building on the National Mall. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Let the Show Begin - Tuba players from the U.S. Marine Band cue up and wait for the start of the inauguration. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Let the Show Begin - Tuba players from the U.S. Marine Band cue up and wait for the start of the inauguration. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Awe-Inspiring - The impressive crowd touched the president, who said, "I want to look out one more time because I'll never see this again."(Photo: AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Awe-Inspiring - The impressive crowd touched the president, who said, "I want to look out one more time because I'll never see this again."(Photo: AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Vision for the Future - Obama supporter Adrian Green dons patriotic sunglasses near the U.S. Capitol building on the National Mall. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Vision for the Future - Obama supporter Adrian Green dons patriotic sunglasses near the U.S. Capitol building on the National Mall. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Forward - "Let each of us now embrace, with solemn duty and awesome joy, what is our lasting birthright. With common effort and common purpose, with passion and dedication, let us answer the call of history, and carry into an uncertain future that precious light of freedom," President Obama said in his inaugural address.  (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Forward - "Let each of us now embrace, with solemn duty and awesome joy, what is our lasting birthright. With common effort and common purpose, with passion and dedication, let us answer the call of history, and carry into an uncertain future that precious light of freedom," President Obama said in his inaugural address.  (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Victory - Although crowds were smaller than 2009, reports say a steady stream of people flooded the National Mall, stretching out around the reflecting pool.  (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Victory - Although crowds were smaller than 2009, reports say a steady stream of people flooded the National Mall, stretching out around the reflecting pool.  (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

One Today - "We head home: through the gloss of rain or weight of snow, or the plum blush of dusk, but always — home, always under one sky, our sky," Inaugural poet Richard Blanco read from his poem, One Today.  (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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One Today - "We head home: through the gloss of rain or weight of snow, or the plum blush of dusk, but always — home, always under one sky, our sky," Inaugural poet Richard Blanco read from his poem, One Today.  (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)