A look at the numbers leading up to Obama's inauguration

Published: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009 9:58 p.m. MST
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• 13,000 — Military and civilian participants in the inaugural parade, including marching bands.

112 — Light bulbs replaced in lampposts on Pennsylvania Avenue parade route.

10 — large screens broadcasting swearing-in on the National Mall.

1,000 — vendors so far who have received licensed spots to sell wares around parade route and city streets.

• 15,000 to 18,000 —Volunteers helping Presidential Inaugural Committee around the city.

4,100 — Minimum number of portable toilets available to the public.

10 — Official inaugural balls.

• 12,000 — Eggs that chefs at the Willard InterContinental Hotel will use for meals from Jan. 17 through the inauguration.

6 — number of bicycle rickshaws D.C. Pedicab plans to operate.

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