Oklahomans ready for big day in D.C.

• Barack Obama appears at the Lincoln Memorial to welcome people to a free concert featuring Garth Brooks, Beyonce Knowles, Bruce Springsteen, U2, and others.

• Reception at the National Museum of the American Indian for Oklahomans at the inauguration, sponsored by Rep. Dan Boren, the Oklahoma State Society and others.

MONDAY

Obama participates in community service activities in Washington on Martin Luther King Jr. Day; various balls and parties are scheduled, along with bipartisan dinners for Vice President-elect Joe Biden, former Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain and former Secretary of State Colin Powell.

TUESDAY

• 10:56 a.m.: Obama takes oath of office; after a 21-gun salute, Obama gives his inaugural address

• Noon: Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have lunch in U.S. Capitol with members of Congress

• About 1:30 p.m.: Inaugural parade begins

• 7 p.m.: Western Inaugural Ball for Oklahoma and 11 other states, Washington Convention Center

WEDNESDAY

• National Prayer Service at the National Cathedral, the Rev. Sharon E. Watkins, a graduate of the Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa and former pastor of Disciples Christian Church in Bartlesville, was chosen to give the sermon. She is the first woman ever to do so at the traditional prayer service.