Area residents who want to watch Barack Obama’s inauguration with others, but don’t want to brave frigid temperatures and massive crowds to go to the ceremony in Washington, have a few options.
Several area churches and other public buildings will host inauguration viewing parties Tuesday.
So if you want to stay warm and watch the festivities on the big screen, try one of these locations:
- Trinity Episcopal Church, 9325 West St., Old Town Manassas, will open up its parish hall from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday to those who want to watch the inauguration. The ceremony will be shown on a big-screen television in the hall that seats about 100.
People are invited to bring a lunch. Free drinks and desserts will be provided.
For more information, call the church at 703-368-4231.
- Ebenezer Baptist Church will host a viewing party at its Family Life Center, 13020 Telegraph Road in Woodbridge. The free event begins at 10 a.m. Tuesday and will include a continental breakfast and a concert by contemporary violinist Daniel Davis. The inauguration ceremony will be shown in high definition on a jumbo screen.
The event is open to all and church officials recommend getting there early.
For more information or directions call 703-494-2669 or visit ebenezerbc.org.
- The National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle will be showing inauguration events on an 8-foot-by-10-foot screen in its Leatherneck Gallery all day Tuesday, beginning at 11 a.m.
The museum’s Tun Tavern and Mess Hall are offering inauguration lunch specials and there. Inauguration activity sheets will be available for children.
- Bull Run Regional Library, 8051 Ashton Ave., Manassas, will televise the inauguration ceremony on a 6-foot-by-9-foot screen in the community room, beginning at 11 a.m. The room seats about 90.
For more information, call 703-792-4530.
- George Mason University will host a viewing party in the Prince William Campus’ Verizon Auditorium. The ceremony will be shown on a big screen. The university will also show the ceremony on its Fairfax campus, in the Johnson Center Atrium.
Staff writer Amanda Stewart can be reached at 703-878-8014.
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