 | 03:26 pm - Inaugural notes
I understand (from the Friends Meeting of Washington newsletter) that all the churches in DC have agreed to stay open during Inauguration Day to provide shelter from the cold and weather to anyone who needs a break from it. Friends Meeting of Washington, near Dupont Circle, is also going to provide a safe place for people who are coming downtown to leave their luggage or evening clothes for later; it's likely that other churches are going to do that also. If you are planning to come stand to watch the Inauguration parade from along the parade route, or to stand in the Mall for the swearing-in, and are also planning later on to go to a party or one of the balls, it may be worth your time to phone a church near where you will want to be, to see if it will be able to hold your evening clothes for you.
All of this is being done as a public service; I can't speak for other denominations, but as far as I know Friends aren't going to be doing anything other than making sure people are warm and have somewhere to sit down out of the cold. I doubt that most of the other churches are going to treat this as anything other than a public service, also.
It's always a good thing to know there's somewhere to go to get indoors, especially if there are huge crowds, and even more so if the weather turns rainy/snowy/sleety/ugly. Take care of yourselves, please.
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