Thousands of people flocked to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20 for the second presidential inauguration of Donald Trump.
Despite the freezing weather and indoor ceremony, people huddled together on the National Mall watching a live stream of the inauguration from their phones. The crowd of roughly 1,000 people was a sea of M.A.G.A hats, Trump 2024 beanies, and U.S. Flags. Throughout the swearing-in and Trump’s speech, chants of “U.S.A.” and “Trump” were sporadically thrown. Within the crowd were people from two dozen states, including some who had driven over 10 hours to watch.
A few blocks away at Capital One Arena, a crowd of over 20,000 people did the same as they waited for the president to join them in the arena, where he delivered a speech and signed several executive orders.
See photos of the historic day, shot by Beacon photographers.
A small crowd gathers around a speaker broadcasting President Trump’s inaugural speech on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Rian Nelson/Beacon Staff)Trump supporters watching the inauguration live stream outside of the U.S. Capitol on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Nick Peace/Beacon Staff)A crowd of roughly one thousand people stood outside the Capitol inauguration morning, echoing the president’s sentiments about a coming “golden age of America.” (Rian Nelson/Beacon Staff)A pile of bags left outside Capital One Arena ahead of President Trump’s rally on Monday evening. Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Nick Peace/Beacon Staff)Delta Youth Chorale from West Monroe, Louisiana, performs “Hail to the Chief” on the National Mall. The group was supposed to march in the inaugural parade, later canceled due to weather. (Rian Nelson/Beacon Staff)A vendor pulls his cart of Trump merchandise towards the crowds waiting outside the Capital One Arena for President Trump’s rally. Monday, Jan. 20, 2024. (Nick Peace/Beacon Staff)People gather outside of the Capitol to watch the inauguration on their phones. (Rian Nelson/Beacon Staff)Supporters wait in line as they near the first security checkpoint outside the Capital One Arena on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Nick Peace/Beacon Staff)A counterprotester holds a sign that translates to “Thus always to Tyrants,” a Latin phrase referring to all tyrannical leaders eventually being overthrown or falling. (Rian Nelson/Beacon Staff)The Delta Youth Chorale group from West Monroe, Louisiana, singing to the crowd of Trump supporters in front of the U.S. Capitol on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Nick Peace/Beacon Staff)
Nick Peace is a staff photographer from Natick, MA. He is a sophomore media and film student at Suffolk University with a minor in journalism. He has contributed to the Beacon since his first semester. Nick can be found working video gigs, stage managing middle school theater, listening to music, or watching sports. You can find most of his photo work on his website at https://nickpeacephoto.weebly.com
Rian Nelson (she/her) is a senior journalism major from Aurora, Colorado. She currently serves as deputy photo editor. She is a registered student member of both the Boston Press Photographers Association and the National Association of Press Photographers.
