UPDATED 10:04 AM EST, January 21, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — For once, the drumbeats of division receded and Americans of every ornery opinion gathered to witness history in President Barack Obama's second-term inauguration.
Hours before Monday's pageantry, people on foot spilled out of Metro stations near the White House and streamed toward festivities, official vehicles sealed off intersections and commuters packed coffee shops, among the few businesses open on the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr.
