Obama: White House

Barack Obama Dept: In keeping with age-old tradition, Obama s swearing-in ceremony is to take place on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Monday, to be followed by his inaugural address. The president will then travel down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House, according to CTV. Though Monday s public event will be laden with pomp and circumstance Americans have come to expect at presidential inaugurations, both Obama and Vice-President Biden were actually formally sworn in Sunday in private and separate ceremonies. By law, the U.S. president must officially take office on Jan. 20, but since the date fell on a Sunday, organizers decided to put off the public festivities until Monday and washington will put political wrangling on the backburner Monday as thousands of people converge on Capitol Hill to watch Barack Obama take his second and final presidential oath of office. Monday s public ceremony and evening inauguration galas cap a three-day-long celebration in Washington to mark the commencement of Obama s second term. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.