My mistake saying January 21. The Inauguration is supposed to be on January 20 per the Constitution, Amendment XX. https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/amendments-11-27
There appear to be crowds much further west on the Mall towards the Washington Monument, there is some sort of flag display and something indiscernable beyond that.
no big deal...
i was commenting on the date by Pete from Shawnee Mission of the first photo i posted
hers: https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4214242/posts?page=811#811