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11/19/08
WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration has officials in the nation's capital bracing for an unprecedented turnout of possibly 3 million people or more, District of Columbia Mayor Adrian M. Fenty said Tuesday. Find Us On Facebook
Such a turnout would easily eclipse the current record set in 1965, when 1.2 million people attended Lyndon B. Johnson's inauguration.
"I think you could have an inauguration that could be in the 3 to 5 million viewership ... either on the Mall or on the parade route," Fenty said. National Park Service organizers said they're expecting a large crowd but stopped short of...
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