Major Greg Lowery, that is, a performer in the U.S. Army Band — joined a cast of dozens who recreated the presidential inauguration as a dress rehearsal for the real thing. Sara Corry, right, stand in for President-elect Donald Trump and Melania Trump during a rehearsal of the swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Capitol. The rehearsal ran in real time, giving the volunteers a taste of just how long many of the VIPs will be sitting outside on Friday. The youngest of the stand-ins: 12-year-old Charlie, whose father Sen. Roy Blunt chairs the Joint congressional Committee on Inaugural Activities. Then he caught himself, recalling the vista he had just seen from the rostrum of the Capitol building.

Source: Washington Post January 15, 2017 22:44 UTC