0901119923C-716 WASHINGTON (Jan. 11, 2009) The Ceremonial Honor Guard passes in front of the stand-ins for the president, vice president and their spouses standing on the Capitol east steps during the 56th Presidential Inauguration rehearsal in Washington. More than 5,000 men and women in uniform are providing military ceremonial support to the presidential inauguration, a tradition dating back to George Washington's 1789 inauguration. ( Navy

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