Some North Carolina High School Band Members can say they were there for the big day in D.C. U.S. Senator Kay Hagan on Sunday welcomed the Asheville High School band to her Washington, DC, office as the group prepared to march in the 57th Inaugural Parade. Chosen from nearly 3,000 applicants to participate, the Asheville High School band was among the marching bands, drill teams and dance groups from across the country that followed the traditional parade route down Pennsylvania Avenue on Inauguration Day yesterday. Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today welcomed nearly 80 North Carolinians to their Capitol in Washington, D.C. to take part in the 57th Presidential Inauguration ceremony in United States history. “The United States of America is the most remarkable country in the world. 236 years ago, the landscape of history was changed with the declaration of our free and independent United States – a nation founded on the principle that all men are created equal. Our representative democracy is displayed proudly in Presidential Inauguration ceremonies,” Congresswoman Foxx stated. Fifth District residents from Winston-Salem, Boone, Clemmons, Statesville, Lewisville, Lexington, Hickory, Salisbury, Rural Hall, and Boomer received inauguration tickets from Representative Foxx to attend the 57th Presidential Inauguration ceremony.