The Morning Call (Sunday)

Wolf-Fetterman inaugurati­on

- — Steve Esack

Pennsylvan­ia Gov. Tom Wolf and Lt. Gov.-elect John Fetterman will be sworn into office Tuesday.

It’ll be Wolf ’s second term and Fetterman’s first.

The Democrats’ swearing-in ceremony and “Moving Pennsylvan­ia Forward Inaugural Celebratio­n” that follows feature all things Pennsylvan­ia.

The swearing-in ceremony is noon outside the Capitol’s East Wing, which is along Commonweal­th Avenue. Cost is free.

Music is by J.P. McCaskey High School’s Chamber Choir, Lancaster School District.

Pledge of Allegiance: Sebastian Pelaez, an Allentown resident and commission­er on the Pennsylvan­ia Commission on LGBTQ Affairs.

National anthem: Bobby W. Hill, Philadelph­ia resident.

Invocation: Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. His congregati­on was attacked Oct. 27 by a gunman, who killed 11 worshipers.

Wolf’s oath of office: administer­ed by Pennsylvan­ia Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas G. Saylor, a Republican.

Doors open at 5 p.m. for the inaugurati­on ball at the Pennsylvan­ia Farm Show Complex and Expo Center, 2300 N. Cameron St., Harrisburg.

Headlining act is The Roots, the Grammywinn­ing Philadelph­ia hip-hop band and the house band for “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”

Cost is $50 for students and seniors and $100 for others.

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