Watch parties

Host one. It takes a screen and a sign.

Every ceremony streams. A watch party turns a living room, a classroom, a union hall or a barbershop into a stop on the tour. The kit is free, the registration is a form, and the stamps are real.

The kit

Everything in the box

The sign

A printable door sign with the mark, the city and date you're watching, and a scan code for the stream stamp. Letter and A4.

Open the sign

Bingo card

Twenty-five squares of things that happen at every inauguration: a 19th-century oath, a cold hand on a family Bible, a choir, a cannon, a kid waving. New card every reload.

Open the bingo card

Two-minute explainers

One short, factual read-aloud per governor: the first, the office, how the state inaugurates, who else is sworn in. Same length for all eleven.

Read them

Playlist

Eleven songs from eleven states and a territory, in ceremony order. Streaming links posted with the kit.

Playlist: coming with the kit

Put your party on the map

Registered parties get a stamp code, a captain's email the night before, and a pin on the map (city only, never an address). Hosts earn 5 points per ceremony hosted.

Demo form: posts to a placeholder until a form provider is connected. See README.

Your name Email City and state of your party Which ceremonies will you screen?

Hold Ctrl or Cmd to pick several. "All eleven" is a fine answer.

Kind of venue Expected guests List my party as open to the public (city shown; we email introductions, never your address)

Firsts Corners

The meeting point in every capital

A Firsts Corner is a spot within a short walk of each Capitol, chosen by the city captain, where travelers, locals and watch-party hosts gather an hour before the ceremony. Coffee if we can arrange it, a stamp table always, and a sign you can see from across the street.

Corners are announced on each city page about a week out, once security perimeters are known. They are free, open, and on public ground.

Two-minute explainers

One per governor, same length

Each explainer covers the first, the office, how the state inaugurates, and who else is sworn in that day. They are drafted from the full cards and will be posted as read-aloud scripts with the kit. Until then, the cards themselves do the job.

Deb Haaland, Santa Fe, NM, Fri, Jan 1: First Native American governor of any state.
Xavier Becerra, Sacramento, CA, Mon, Jan 4: First Latino elected governor of California.
David Crowley, Madison, WI, Mon, Jan 4: First Black governor of Wisconsin.
Amy Klobuchar, St. Paul, MN, Mon, Jan 4: First woman governor of Minnesota.
Stacey Plaskett, U.S. Virgin Islands, Mon, Jan 4: First woman governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands; first Black woman governor of a territory.
Aaron Ford, Carson City, NV, Mon–Tue, Jan 4–5: First Black governor of Nevada.
Byron Donalds, Tallahassee, FL, Tue, Jan 5: First Black governor of Florida; first Black Republican elected governor of any state.
Keisha Lance Bottoms, Atlanta, GA, Mon, Jan 11: First Black woman governor of a state; first Black and first woman governor of Georgia.
Amy Acton, Columbus, OH, Mon, Jan 11: First woman elected governor of Ohio.
Marsha Blackburn, Nashville, TN, Sat, Jan 16 (verify): First woman governor of Tennessee.
Gina Hinojosa, Austin, TX, Tue, Jan 19: First Latina governor of Texas.