PANORAMA CITY, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Like the inauguration itself, many of those watching are being impacted by the coronavirus - that includes students in Southern California.
At St. Genevieve Parish School in Panorama City, Mr. Zepeda's fifth grade class got a history lesson in real time.
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They didn't watched the inauguration from a classroom. Instead, they watched from home as President Joe Biden took the oath of office. They got to witness more history: Kamala Harris, the first female vice president, sworn into office.
"I was kind of excited that I would live through an exciting piece of history," said one student.
Many of the students are too young to remember the inaugurations of former presidents Donald Trump or Barack Obama.
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While it is a traditional rite of passage - Biden's inauguration is unlike any before.
"I was inspired," said another student about Biden's speech. "He reached out about racism - that people of other skin color have to encounter."