On Jan. 20, Fire Captain Andrea Hall made history as she led the Pledge of Allegiance for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’s inauguration. In addition to a verbal recitation, Andrea led the pledge in American Sign Language… Continue Reading
Jan. 20, 2021 will go down in history as the day Kamala Harris became the first woman, Black woman and woman of South Asian descent to serve as vice president of the United States. In honor of the momentous milestone,… Continue Reading
The inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris feels like the start of a fresh era, and nowhere in the ceremony was that more powerfully felt than during Amanda Gorman’s poetry reading. Gorman, who was named the nation’s first youth… Continue Reading
Lady Gaga and Barack Obama put their friendship on full display at the presidential inauguration on Wednesday, and it was the cherry on top for an already victorious day. Shortly after Gaga belted out the national anthem in front of… Continue Reading
Years before Amanda Gorman took the inaugural stage, the now-22-year-old poet recited her pieces at other historic venues, like the Library of Congress. Gorman, the first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate, delivered one of her most compelling addresses at the famed… Continue Reading