Lineup
Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire Gene Robinson gave an open prayer to start the celebration.
Performer(s) / Speaker(s) | Act |
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The US Army Band "Pershing's Own" Herald Trumpets | "Fanfare for the Common Man" by Aaron Copland |
Master Sergeant Caleb B. Green III | "The Star-Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key and John Stafford Smith |
Denzel Washington | Homage to leaders given Monuments or Memorials |
Bruce Springsteen and The Joyce Garrett Singers | "The Rising" by Bruce Springsteen |
Laura Linney and Martin Luther King III | Passages by Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy |
Mary J. Blige | "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers |
Jamie Foxx and Steve Carell | Referencing Thomas Jefferson, Thurgood Marshall, and Robert Kennedy |
Bettye LaVette and Jon Bon Jovi | "A Change is Gonna Come" by Sam Cooke |
Tom Hanks | Lincoln Portrait by Aaron Copland |
Marisa Tomei | Quoting Ronald Reagan |
James Taylor, John Legend, Jennifer Nettles, Arnold McCuller, Caroline (Kim) Taylor | "Shower the People" by James Taylor |
Joe Biden | Speech: The Dignity of Work |
John Mellencamp and Baptist choir | "Pink Houses" by John Mellencamp |
Queen Latifah | Referencing Marian Anderson |
Josh Groban, Heather Headley, and the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, D.C. | "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" by Samuel Francis Smith |
Kal Penn and George Lopez | Quotes from Dwight D. Eisenhower and Barbara Jordan |
Herbie Hancock, will.i.am, and Sheryl Crow | "One Love" by Bob Marley |
Tiger Woods | Dedicating the Armed Forces |
Renée Fleming and the U.S. Naval Academy Glee Club | "You'll Never Walk Alone" from Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel |
Jack Black and Rosario Dawson | Tribute to Theodore Roosevelt |
Garth Brooks and Inaugural Celebration Chorus | "American Pie" by Don McLean, "Shout" by The Isley Brothers, "We Shall Be Free" by Garth Brooks |
Ashley Judd and Forest Whitaker | Referencing John F. Kennedy and William Faulkner |
Usher, Stevie Wonder, and Shakira | "Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder |
Samuel L. Jackson | Referencing Abraham Lincoln, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King Jr. |
U2 | "Pride (In the Name of Love)" and "City of Blinding Lights" |
Barack Obama | Speech: Voices Calling for Change |
Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen, Tao Rodríguez-Seeger, and Inaugural Celebration Chorus | "This Land Is Your Land" by Woody Guthrie |
Beyoncé and entire ensemble | "America the Beautiful" by Katharine Lee Bates and Samuel A. Ward |
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