See who is marching in the inaugural parade:

[Tanuki]

5. For comparison, here is a list of participants in President Obama's first inaugural

parade in January, 2009. It makes the lack of diversity this year even more jarring:

http://www.denverpost.com/2009/01/20/full-list-of-inaugural-parade-participants-in-order/


Members from the U.S. Army, U.S. Military Academy and U.S. Army Reserve

Punahou School JROTC

Punahou School Marching Band

Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Navy JROTC

Isiserettes Drill and Drum Corps

Jesse White Tumbling Team

Florida A&M University

Crow Nation of Montana

Paul Laurence Dunbar Senior High School

Illinois Home State Float

Brooklyn Music and Arts Program

Theodore Roosevelt High School Marine Corps JROTC Color Guard and Drill Team

Colts Drum and Bugle Corps

Klein Collins High School Air Force JROTC

Cleveland Firefighters Memorial

Southern Ohio Ladies Aside

Redwood Middle School Marching Band

Representatives of the U.S. Marine Corps and Marine Corps Reserve

Delaware Volunteer Firemen’s Association

University of Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hen Marching Band, the Pride of Delaware

Delaware Home State Float

Alexis I. duPont High School Band

Comfort Carriages

Tuskegee Airmen

Delaware State University Marching Band

Special Olympics Inc.

Sanford High School Marching Band

Peace Corps Community

Adams Central High School Patriot Band

Oneida Nation Veterans

Cadets Drum & Bugle Corps

Idaho State Leadership

Roosevelt High School Marching Band

Suurimmaanitchuat Eskimo Dance Group

South Cobb High School Marching Band

Representatives of the U.S. Navy, Naval Academy and Navy Reserve

Brattleboro High School Marching Band

George Washington University

Petal High School Marching Band

Freedom Riders

Bonnie Brae Knights

Federal Protection Service

Trumbull High School Marching Band

American Workers Contingent

East Greenwich High School Avenger Band

Commanding General’s Mounted Color Guard, First Infantry Division, Fort Riley

Green Valley High School Marching Band

Angel Drill Team

Manning High School Marching Band

Wind River Reservation Youth Council

Lincoln Highway National Museum

University of Tennessee Band

Tempel Lipizzans of Tempel Farms

University of Arkansas Marching Band

Representatives of the U.S. Air Force, Air Force Academy and Air Force Reserve

Mountain Ridge High School Band

United Tribes Technical College

Montana Delegation

Hampton University Marching Force

AmeriCorps Alums

North Allegheny High School Band

World Famous Lawn Rangers from Amazing Arcola

Blue Springs High School Marching Band

McCrossan Boys Ranch

Colony High School Marching Band

54th Massaschusetts Volunteer Regiment, Company A

Española Valley High School Mariachi Sol Del Valle

1965 Mustang of the D.C. Police Department

Grambling State University Band

Nicholas County Army JROTC

J.P. Taravella High School Band

U.S. Coast Guard, Coast Guard Academy and Coast Guard Reserve

Morton High School Marching Band

U.S. Border Patrol

Harding University High School Band

Hawaii Home State Float

Howard University Marching Band

Pennsylvania Home State Float

Lesbian and Gay Band Association

Mobile Azalea Trail Maids

Londonderry High School Band

T.C. Williams High School Army JROTC

Windsor High School Marching Band

Michigan’s Multi Jurisdictional Mounted Police Drill Team and Color Guard

Ohio State University Marching Band

Boy Scouts, Troop 358, Philadelphia, Pa.

Girl Scouts of the Nation’s Capital

Fergus Falls High School Marching Band

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

Evergreen High School Marching Band

Culver Academies

Carl Sandburg High School Eagles

USO Float

Carnaval de San Anto, URBAN 15 Group

Prevention Partnership, Warren County, Ky., Sheriff’s Office

Siloam Springs High School Band

Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Assoc.

Get a Life Marching Band

Union High School Air Force JROTC

University of Utah Marching Band

Virginia Military Institute Corps of Cadets

NASA Astronaut Crew and NASA Rover