Though many people continue to bask in the glow of November’s historic election—the presidential inaugu-ration still fresh in their minds—Manassas Park Vice Mayor Bryan E. Polk is a bit disappointed.

The Senate’s chief law enforcement officer says authorities feel “very bad” that as many as 5,000 people with tickets to the inauguration were blocked from attending.

Watch a variety of slideshows from Inauguration Day to the parties at night.

Just in time for move-in day, the Bush twins offered their best advice Tuesday to Sasha and Malia Obama on living in a “magical place” called the White House.

The crowd on the National Mall stretched for nearly two miles Tuesday — from the Capitol to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech.

Woodbridge resident Marvin Brown believes that his 10-year-old son, Justin, will take with him some memories of the historic event that took place in Washington this week.

Presidential inaugurations could be old hat for Mike Hodge. He worked for the Secret Service for two decades, beginning in the Reagan administration.
But Tuesday’s swearing-in of President Barack Obama was different.

The multitudes on the streets of Washington hushed as Barack Obama solemnly swore to “faithfully execute the office of the President of the United States.”

Internet bloggers were buzzing Monday about how their cell phones didn’t work during Sunday’s inaugural kick-off concert.

The break lounge at the OmniRide transit center in Woodbridge was full of bus drivers Monday afternoon.

A schedule of some official and unofficial activities surrounding Barack Obama’s inauguration on Jan. 20:

Even before Obama ventured from Blair House to join a community renovation project in honor of King, crowds started forming on the streets of the capital Monday morning.

From 1885 until 1926, the one-room Lucasville School House in Manassas housed black elementary students.

Technically, we're to celebrate the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. today and to inaugurate the new president Tuesday.<

The snow plows were gearing up Sunday night for what forecasters said could be a light dusting of snow on area roadways just in time for the Monday morning rush.