National Mall will be open to public on Inauguration Day
The Presidential Inaugural Committee has good news for folks who can't get tickets to the presidential Swearing-In Ceremony on January 20th, but still want to see the event in person.
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Presidential Inaugural Committee launches Web Site
The Presidential Inaugural Committee has established a Web site that will be providing e-mail updates on the different inaugural events and invites you to volunteer to help out with this historic event.
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Ticket requests closed forSwearing-In Ceremony
Due to the overwhelming number of requests for tickets received since November 5, 2008, the day after the election, Congressman Abercrombie's office is no longer able to accept requests for tickets to the Swearing-In Ceremony for President-elect Barack Obama. If you have already submitted a request, Congressman Abercrombie's office will be in touch with you, via the contact information you provided, to say whether you will receive tickets to the Swearing-In Ceremony.
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The President-elect's ties to Hawaii
President-elect Barack Obama's parents were friends and classmates with Congressman Abercrombie at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, the flagship campus of the UH system in Hawaii's First Congressional District.
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An Obama family wedding story
Congressman Neil Abercrombie recalls the day several years ago when he was reacquainted with then Illinois state Senator Barack Obama at the wedding of Obama’s sister at Kualoa Ranch in Hawaii.
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