{"id":2391921,"date":"2025-01-17T18:39:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T23:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mlk-day-college-football-inauguration-whats-happening-on-jan-20-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-17T18:39:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T23:39:50","slug":"mlk-day-college-football-inauguration-whats-happening-on-jan-20-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mlk-day-college-football-inauguration-whats-happening-on-jan-20-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"MLK Day, college football, inauguration: What&#8217;s happening on Jan. 20 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmlk-day-college-football-inauguration-whats-happening-on-jan-20-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2391921&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On January 20, a significant day is set to unfold \u2064in the United States as \u200dPresident-elect\u2064 Donald \u2063Trump will be \u200bsworn\u200d in as the 47th president, with\u200b J.D. Vance being inaugurated as the 50th vice president during a \u200cceremony\u2064 in\u2064 the\u2063 Capitol Rotunda at noon. This\u2062 inauguration coincides with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a \u200cfederal holiday, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-rookie-ex-alabama-star-shot-multiple-times-in-dc-robbery-attempt\/\" title=\"NFL Rookie, Ex-Alabama Star Shot Multiple Times In DC Robbery Attempt\">college football championship<\/a> game<\/a>, making \u2062it\u200d a multifaceted day\u200b of events across the country.While the inauguration was initially planned for the West Front of the\u2062 capitol,it\u200b has been moved indoors \u200bdue to dangerously\u200d cold temperatures.The article outlines the key happenings on \u200cthis notable day, highlighting\u2062 both the political and cultural significance.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">MLK Day, college football final, Inauguration Day: What&rsquo;s happening on Jan. 20<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1938453\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> will be sworn into office on Monday, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/inauguration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"inauguration\">inauguration<\/a> will not be the only event happening that day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Jan. 20 will mark several different occasions across the country, including a federal holiday and a major sporting event. Here are all the major events happening on Monday.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inauguration Day<\/h2>\n<p>Trump will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3284023\/what-to-expect-from-the-inauguration-in-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">be sworn in<\/a> as the 47th president and J.D. Vance will be sworn in as the 50th vice president in a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda at noon. The ceremony was originally scheduled to be held on the West Front of the Capitol, but organizers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3290757\/trump-inauguration-forced-inside-by-dangerously-cold-temperatures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"announced\">announced<\/a> Friday the swearing-in would be moved indoors due to forecast brutally freezing temperatures and wind chill.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3284842\/donald-trump-schedule-inauguration-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);\"><b>HERE&rsquo;S WHAT TRUMP&rsquo;S SCHEDULE LOOKS LIKE ON INAUGURATION DAY<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Other festivities occurring for the inauguration include the parade, which was also relocated indoors to the Capital One Arena, along with various inaugural balls, official and unofficial, throughout Washington.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Martin Luther King Jr. Day<\/h2>\n<p>The federal holiday honoring late civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. will also fall on Jan. 20, as it has been observed on the third Monday of January since being signed into law in 1986.<\/p>\n<p>2025 will mark the third time the holiday and the presidential inauguration ceremony have overlapped. In 1997 and 2013, Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, respectively, were sworn in for their second terms. Obama&rsquo;s public 2013 inauguration ceremony was held on Jan. 21 due to Jan. 20 falling on a Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3276948\/exhausted-democrats-plan-muted-resistance-trump-inauguration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><b>EXHAUSTED DEMOCRATS PLAN MUTED RESISTANCE FOR TRUMP&rsquo;S INAUGURATION<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some Martin Luther King Jr. Day rallies in Washington have been moved to the weekend due to closures in the city for the Monday inauguration, but some rallies will still be held on the day.<\/p>\n<p>Inauguration Day is typically only a holiday for federal workers in Washington and some surrounding parts of Virginia and Maryland, but with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, it will be a federal holiday for most companies and the federal government.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/sports\/3284975\/jd-vance-reschedule-college-football-national-championship-inauguration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><b>JD VANCE JOKES ABOUT RESCHEDULING OHIO STATE PLAYOFF FINAL FOR INAUGURATION<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">College football national championship<\/h2>\n<p>Monday evening will bring the conclusion of the first 12-team College Football Playoff, when the Ohio State Buckeyes and Notre Dame Fighting Irish face off in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>Jan. 20 is the latest a college football championship has ever been held after the previous iteration of the College Football Playoff only had a four-team tournament.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vance, an alumnus of Ohio State University, has joked that he wants to skip his swearing-in ceremony to attend the Buckeyes&rsquo; first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-nick-sabans-leaked-recruiting-call-goes-viral\/\" title=\"WATCH: Nick Saban\u2019s Leaked Recruiting Call Goes Viral\">national championship game<\/a> since 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Hopefully everyone is cool with me skipping the inauguration so I can go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-carolina-defeats-duke-in-thriller-heads-to-national-championship\/\" title=\"North Carolina Defeats Duke in Thriller, Heads to National Championship\">national title game<\/a>,&rdquo; Vance joked in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JDVance\/status\/1877929977036886352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"post\">post<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1938453\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1938453\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MLK Day, college football final, and Inauguration Day events on Jan. 20<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2391922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/inauguration-2025-indoor-construction.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[35616,15377,46173,48736,48737],"class_list":["post-2391921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-college-football","tag-inauguration","tag-january-20","tag-mlk-day","tag-news-events"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/inauguration-2025-indoor-construction.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2391921"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2391925,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391921\/revisions\/2391925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2391922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2391921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2391921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2391921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}