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The MAGA Celebrations in D.C. Have Begun

Scenes from the pre-inaugural Kentucky Bluegrass and Crypto balls.

People arriving and going at the Crypto Ball at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington D.C. on January 17. Photo: Mark Peterson, New York Magazine
People arriving and going at the Crypto Ball at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington D.C. on January 17. Photo: Mark Peterson, New York Magazine
People arriving and going at the Crypto Ball at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington D.C. on January 17. Photo: Mark Peterson, New York Magazine

The formal celebrations of Donald Trump’s second presidential inauguration got underway on Friday night in Washington, D.C. with the pre-inaugural (nonpartisan) Kentucky Bluegrass Ball and the cryptocurrency-happy Crypto Ball. Photographer Mark Peterson was there to capture the events for New York.

Congressman James Comer at the Kentucky Bluegrass Ball at the Hilton Hotel in Washington D.C. on January 17. Photo: Mark Peterson, New York Magazine
Photo: Mark Peterson, New York Magazine
Elaine Chao at the Kentucky Bluegrass Ball. Photo: Mark Peterson, New York Magazine
Inside the Kentucky Bluegrass Ball. Photo: Mark Peterson, New York Magazine
Senator Rand Paul at the Kentucky Bluegrass Ball. Photo: Mark Peterson, New York Magazine
At the Kentucky Bluegrass Ball. Photo: Mark Peterson, New York Magazine
At the Kentucky Bluegrass Ball. Photo: Mark Peterson, New York Magazine
Inside the Kentucky Bluegrass Ball. Photo: Mark Peterson, New York Magazine
Outside the Crypto Ball. Photo: Mark Peterson, New York Magazine
Outside the Crypto Ball. Photo: Mark Peterson, New York Magazine
Outside the Crypto Ball. Photo: Mark Peterson, New York Magazine
Outside the Crypto Ball. Photo: Mark Peterson, New York Magazine
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