Visitors and D.C., residents found ways to celebrate the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris under a security lockdown on Jan. 20.

On the National Mall, where in an ordinary year hundreds of thousands of people would have packed in to witness history, the public was barred from entering. Instead, troops clad in camouflage and gripping M4 rifles peered up from Constitution Avenue into the gray-sky morning until Marine One disappeared from view. However there were plenty of unique celebrations around the city. Read more: https://wapo.st/2Y1AMG1. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK

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