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Kendal Simmons, program development coordinator at Recovery And Hope Network, 1009 New Hampshire, center, toasts orange juice with RAHN client Joey, left, and Caitie Hilton, RAHN volunteer and board member as Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th president of the United States during an Inauguration Day watch party Tuesday. The center ran a successful register-to-vote campaign that included many people voting for the first time.

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Allison Edwards and Sharyn Brubacher, servers at Milton's, 920 Mass., watch a TV in the kitchen during Tuesday's Inauguration Day ceremonies for President Barack Obama.

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Caitie Hilton, volunteer and board member with Recovery and Hope Network in Lawrence, tapes a poster of President Barack Obama to the wall at the center during an Inauguration Day watch party. The center ran a successful register-to-vote campaign that included many people voting for the first time.

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Suzi Barnes, KU senior from Lubbock, Texas, joins a group in the Kansas Union to watch Tuesday's Inauguration Day ceremonies for President Barack Obama.

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A bracket from the 2008 NCAA men's basketball tournament hangs on the wall of Jayhawk Spirit, 935 Mass. St., next to a TV displaying live coverage of Tuesday's Inauguration Day ceremonies for President Barack Obama.

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Employees at Jayhawk Spirit, 935, Mass., watch Inauguration Day ceremonies for President Barack Obama. From left are manager Willie Wilkerson, Tonyell Ray and Chelsea Lumm.

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People gather in the Kansas Union to watch Tuesday's Inauguration Day ceremonies for President Barack Obama on a large screen TV.

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Fifth-grader Sophia Minder writes down key words from President Barack Obama's inaugural address Tuesday. Students at New York Elementary School watched the swearing in of the president.

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Students in Melissa Turrpin's fifth-grade classroom at New York Elementary School watch President Obama's inauguration speech Tuesday.

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Fifth-grader Marcya Floyd leans on her history book while she watching the swearing in of President Barack Obama in her classroom at New York Elementary School on Tuesday.

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Fire fighter Justin Maughmer and co-workers for Raytheon Polar Services in Antarctica celebrate at the South Pole.

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Fire fighter Justin Maughmer, Lawrence, and co-workers for Raytheon Polar Services in Antarctica celebrate at the South Pole.

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Students at Baldwin Elementary School Primary Center were among the millions who watched the inauguration of President Barack Obama Tuesday morning. Several classes went to the multipurpose room to watch, while others watched in their class rooms. There were similar scenes throughout the Baldwin School District for the historic event.

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Laura Ramberg tears up as she watches a replay of Barack Obama's inaugural speech with Ed Scheurich, both of Lawrence, at Abe and Jake's Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009.

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Laura Diaz Moore and her daughter Zoe, 11, Lawrence, watch a replay of Barack Obama's inauguration speech during a watch party at Abe and Jake's Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009.

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Sadie Kellar, 11, Lawrence, sits in front of a fence at Abe and Jake's watching a program during a replay of Barack Obama's inauguration Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2008.

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