Chances are … you are bracing for Election Day.  We’re all stiffening up as we wait for whatever happens November 3rd.  And 4th.  It feels like the weeks ahead will be a giant hurdle for the Republic.

But in Washington this may blow your mind.  On the West side of the US Capitol… they’re already building the stage for inauguration day.    lumber ..steel… and supports are now being hammered …screwed… and riveted into place.

When complete, the massive structure festooned in Red White and Blue… will hold 2600 people including dignitaries… the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court… and the next president of the United States.

Or …. not.

January 20th might bring us a subdued… limited attendance inauguration depending on what’s happening with the coronavirus.  But we don’t know three months in advance… so build they must.  The platform is  constructed from scratch every four years… 

117 tons of sand    110-thousand feet of lumber is being hammered.  1300 sheets of plywood are to be hidden by the patriotic bunting….. for an event that could be the *least* attended inauguration in American history.

But as questions swirl around the election…. we can take hope as this platform slowly rises… that in the end…. January 20th will come.  And all of this drama we’re living… will be pushed from the front page… and into the history books.

The end is near.

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