Ticketing Information for the 56th Inaugural Swearing-In Ceremony
The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (JCCIC) has issued the following information regarding the availability of tickets for the 56th Presidential Inaugural Ceremony on January 20, 2009:
Tickets to the 56th Inaugural Ceremonies will be provided free of charge and distributed through Members of the 111th Congress. The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies does not provide tickets to the public. Members of the public interested in attending the Inaugural Ceremonies should contact their Member of Congress or U.S. Senators to request tickets.
The public should also be aware that no website or other ticket outlet actually has inaugural swearing-in tickets to sell, regardless of what they may claim. Tickets will not be distributed to Congressional offices until the week before the inauguration and will require in-person pick-up.
“Any website or ticket broker claiming that they have inaugural tickets is simply not telling the truth,” said Howard Gantman, Staff Director for the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. “Tickets for the swearing-in of President-elect are all provided through members of Congress, and the President-elect and Vice President-elect through the Presidential Inaugural Committee. We urge the public to view any offers of tickets for sale with great skepticism.”
In order to get you & your families name on the ticket list, go to http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp to get your Zip + 4 code, if you are unsure of your U.S. Representative's name.
Once you have your Zip + 4 zip code, go to:
http://www.house.gov/Welcome.shtml
Or
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?utm_source=Inaugural+Email+List&utm_campaign=a8b38be487-info-110108-ticketing&utm_medium=email
Enter your Zip + 4 code or select your U.S. Representative's name or Senator's name. I emailed a request for tickets. I also called the office to put my name on the ticket list. Judging from the number of calls a Rep's assistant told me she has received, time is of essence. See you in DC at the Inauguration....
Mother Earth Rocks!
Love,
C. Earth
PS - I became very suspicious of websites selling tickets to events on "The Mall,” because I could never recall (in my 13 years of living in the DC area) any public events held there that required you to buy a ticket!