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Good Tuesday Morning,

Last Friday I wrote:

I know, I know… there’s a great deal of excitement surrounding the inauguration of Barack Obama come next Tuesday and I’ve listed events in four of Putnam’s six towns. (Missing are Southeast and Philisptown which apparently don’t have happy  Democrats).

Putnam Democratic Party chair Lynn Eckardt wrote to say that there are happy Democrats in Southeast and Philipstown. I’ll take her word for it.

The Inauguration kicked off Sunday with a concert at the Lincoln Memorial attended by tens of thousands of people. Here’s a short video of the Hudson Valley’s own Pete Seeger singing Woody Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land” along with Tao Rodriguez and Bruce Springsteen.

Here’s a schedule of today’s events in Washington DC: (Source AP)

Gates to the Inaugural Ceremony open at 8 a.m. The inaugural festivities are scheduled to start at 10 a.m. on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol. They will include:

_ Musical selections of The United States Marine Band, followed by the San Francisco Boys Chorus and the San Francisco Girls Chorus. _ Sen. Dianne Feinstein provides call to order and welcoming remarks. _ Invocation by the Rev. Rick [...]