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President Barack Obama Dept: He will take the oath of office Sunday in an intimate White House ceremony witnessed by family, and then again Monday before a crowd of hundreds of thousands on the National Mall. Washington will also play host to the traditional inaugural parade and formal balls Monday, as well as a day of service Saturday that kicks off the festivities, according to Montreal Gazette. The president has been working on his speech since early December, writing out draft after draft on yellow legal pads, aides say. He's read several second-term inaugural addressed delivered by his predecessors. And last week, he invited a small group of historians to the White House to discuss the potential and the pitfalls of second-term inaugurals and wASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has been looking to historians for guidance on how to shape his second inaugural speech, eager to give a speech for the ages and turn the page on a first term consumed by economic turmoil and set an optimistic tone for four more years that will define his legacy. But it's Obama's inaugural address that will be the centerpiece of the three-day affair. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.