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With his hand on a Bible once owned by abolitionist Frederick Douglass, Wes Moore was sworn in Wednesday to become Maryland’s first Black governor and only the third elected in U.S. history.
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Moore, an author, combat veteran and former chief of a poverty-fighting nonprofit, took the oath of office at the State House in Annapolis, just blocks away from a dock where Africans, forced into the slave trade, arrived in America to be sold.
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Jan. 18
Gov.-elect Wes Moore, center, and Lt. Gov.-elect Aruna Miller participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial on the docks before the inauguration in Annapolis.
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Jan. 18
Moore holds his son, James, while listening to the invocation during a wreath-laying ceremony.
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Jan. 18
Moore walks with his wife, Dawn Flythe, and their two children, James and Mia, to the Maryland State House.
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Jan. 18
A man shades his eyes with a print edition of the Baltimore Banner before the inauguration ceremony.
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Jan. 18
Moore and his wife lead the march to the State House.
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Jan. 18
People arrive for the inauguration at the Maryland State House.
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Jan. 18
People take a selfie in front of the governor's mansion.
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Jan. 18
Attendees take their seats before the inauguration.
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Jan. 18
Nana Malaya, center, of Washington, joins members of the Meki's Tamure Polynesian Arts Group as they dance a luau at the inauguration.
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Jan. 18
A man takes photographs of the Thurgood Marshall statues on Lawyer's Mall prior the inauguration ceremony.
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Jan. 18
Moore, alongside his family, is sworn in as Maryland's 63rd governor.
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Jan. 18
Moore celebrates being sworn in.
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Jan. 18
Oprah Winfrey, second from left, makes her way through the Maryland State House before the inauguration.
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Jan. 18
Outgoing Gov. Larry Hogan and his wife, Yumi, arrive for the ceremony.
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Jan. 18
Moore and his wife, Dawn, make their way to the inaugural platform.
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Jan. 18
Moore and his wife walk out of the Maryland State House.
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Jan. 18
Winfrey greets Moore and his family.
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Jan. 18
Moore and his son say the Pledge of Allegiance.
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Jan. 18
The U.S. Naval Academy Glee Club performs "American the Beautiful."
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Maryland Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller and her husband, David Miller, during the ceremony.
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Jan. 18
Moore and Winfrey during the inauguration.
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Jan. 18
Moore is sworn in outside the State House during the inauguration ceremony.
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Jan. 18
Guests take photos as Moore is sworn in.
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Jan. 18
Moore and his wife embrace.
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Jan. 18
The Bible, belonging to Abolitionist Frederick Douglass, used for Moore's oath is taken away by a National Park Service employee.
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Jan. 18
Moore and his family watch a flyover by the Air National Guard.
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Jan. 18
Air National Guard planes fly over the State House.
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Jan. 18
Miller and Moore hug during the ceremony.
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Jan. 18
Moore delivers his inaugural address.
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Jan. 18
Attendees look on during Moore's inauguration.
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Jan. 18
Moore addresses the crowd.
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Jan. 18
Moore waves following his inaugural address after being sworn in as the state's 63rd governor.
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