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Scenes from the day before

The stage on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Monday, Jan. 19, 2009, the day before Barack Obama's inauguration. (Derek Casanovas / Special to The Spokesman-Review)
Andrew Zahler

Derek Casanovas, a Whitworth University student attending the inauguration, sent photos from the Mall on Monday evening. This one shows the stage on the Capitol steps.

Click here and here for two scenes from elsewhere on the Mall.

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Obama's Inauguration." Read all stories from this blog