Lewis’s body will be on display to the public Monday evening and Tuesday all day.

Just how many people will descend on our fair city for the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States? That’s the question on everyone’s mind this week, and much like all other matters inaugural right now, no one has any friggin’ clue what the answer is. Yesterday’s lead Metro story from the Post was about how Mayor Adrian Fenty wants to open up the National Mall to spectators, something that’s…

Flickr user erin_m noticed the new fencing and signs up around the U.S. Capitol, 118 days before the 2009 inauguration. Indeed, Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) is scheduled to ceremoniously hammer the first stake into the inaugural platform today, the first step in a four-month construction project. Feinstein heads the Senate’s inaugural panel. Every four years, the District gets turned upside down by plans for the presidential inauguration. Construction has already begun to repair sidewalks…