• The Swearing in of Rahm Emanuel

Rahm Emanuel is sworn in as the 46th mayor of Chicago. His wife, Amy Rule, and their children joined him on stage at the Pritzger Pavillion. (May 16, 2011) 

Emanuel Sworn in as Mayor of Chicago

Rahm Emanuel has been sworn in as Chicago's first new mayor in two decades.

  1. emanuel-city-hall-open-house-051611_tmb0003_JPGEmanuel Sworn in as Mayor of Chicago
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  • Inaugural Ceremony Program

Rahm Emanuel (mayor), Susana Mendoza (city clerk), Stephanie Neely (treasurer) and the City Council will be sworn-in during an inaugural ceremony that is free, open and accessible to all Chicagoans. Amy Morton of Steppenwolf Theater will emcee the inaugural ceremonies.
 

The inaugural ceremony will be followed by a City Hall Open House, where people from across the city are encouraged to come meet their new mayor.
 

Here's a rundown of Monday's events (all times approximate):

10:30 a.m.
-- Chicago Children's Choir provides opening prelude, “One Day.”
-- Pledge of Allegiance is led by Chicago International Charter School student, DeJuan Brown
-- Posting of the Colors by the Lane Tech High School Junior Reserve Officers
-- National Anthem is led by Heather Headley
-- Invocation is recited by His Eminence Francis Cardinal George, Archbishop of Chicago


10:40 a.m.

-- Swearing-in of City Clerk-elect Susana Mendoza by the Honorable Anne M. Burke, Illinois Supreme Court Justice


10:45 a.m.

-- Swearing-in of City Council by Mendoza


11:00 a.m.

-- Prayer led by Imam Kareem M. Irfan, President of the Council of Religious Leaders of Metropolitan Chicago
-- Poetry reading by Chanel Sosa, senior at Innovations High School and 2011 finalist in the poetry slam competition “Louder Than a Bomb.”


11:05 a.m.

-- Swearing in of Treasurer Neely by the Honorable Shelli Williams Hayes, Cook County Circuit Court Judge


11:10 a.m.

-- Prayer delivered by Pastor Charles Jenkins, Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church
-- “America the Beautiful” is performed by violinist Clarissa Bevilacqua


11:15 a.m.

-- Swearing-in of Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel by the Honorable Judge Timothy Evans, Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County
-- Inaugural Address delivered by Rahm Emanuel
-- Musical interlude, “We Are,” is performed by Chicago Children’s Choir
-- Benediction delivered by Rabbi Jack Moline, Agudas Achim Congregation
-- Closing postlude, “Wavin’ Flag,” is performed by Chicago Children’s Choir

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