Can you solve this special inaugural crossword with your mom, dad or your favorite grown-up? Yes, you can! Kids solve the across clues while adults tackle the down ones.

Kids Across

1. Favored pet for the Obamas
3. A positive attitude about our future
6. What the White House is to the Obama family
7. It's President Obama's promise: "_____ We Can Believe In"
10. The place the Obamas can play with their new 1A: the White House _____
11. The youngest Obama sister, who enjoys gymnastics
12. One of the 50 symbols on the American flag
13. Oldest girl in the Obama family who gets a kick out of soccer
15. Obama's call for togetherness: "There is ___ America"
18.Woman who became First Lady of the Obama family before she became ours
19. African country in which the President's father was born
20. What 11A and 13A call the President
21. An inaugural celebration (or a candidate's political group, such as the Democratic one)
22. He's our new vice president: Joe _____

Parents Down

1. Famous presidential address: 1600 ____ Avenue
2. Voting places (or voter surveys)
4. Obama quote: "Each of us has the freedom to make of our ___ lives what we will..."
5. 'Twas the night before November 5th: the ___ of Election Day
6. Bill's birthplace: Capitol _____
8. Pres. Obama and his staff plan to reach across it
9. An objective (or what 13A seeks to score on the field)
13. Achieve an impact: make a ____
14. Alum's college (Pres. Obama's is Columbia University): ____ mater
15. Secy. Richardson praised Pres. Obama as a "____ in a lifetime leader"
16. Barack's bestselling bio: "_____ from My Father"
17. Solemn promise (or profession of allegiance to the flag)

Solution Below

Barack Obama Presidential Inauguration Articles

Reviewing Presidential Inaugural History

The inauguration of the first black president will long be remembered as a momentous day in history, but many past inaugurals also have had their memorable moments. Inaugurals are a mixture of pomp, festival and gravity, the American equivalent of a coronation. Their rituals are laden with symbols of national purpose, continuity and unity. For 220 years, they have marked the peaceful transfer of power, a feat few other countries have achieved.

Obama Presidential Inauguration Schedule & Events

With all of the excitement surrounding the event, it’s easy to forget there have been many inaugurations before it. Over the years, the inauguration has become highly formalized, with the day’s scheduled events taking on almost ritualistic significance. A look at the Obama Inauguration schedule, events from past inaugurals and how & when certain inaugural events became part of Inauguration Day.

Obama Inauguration Facts, Trivia and Information for Kids

Parade, luncheon, ball. Being inaugurated sounds like fun. But what exactly is an inauguration? What happens? Here are answers to your most pressing questions. Plus Inauguration Trivia, Presidential Pets and the Obama Girls

Obama's new Home was Slow to Integrate

Not too long ago, Barack Obama would have found when he moved his family to Washington that his daughters couldn’t attend the same schools white children could. They couldn’t try on clothes or shoes at most local department stores, or eat at downtown lunch counters. Or see a play at the National Theatre or a movie just a block or two from the White House.

Obama Isn't the Only One Being Inaugurated on January 20th
Arianna Huffington

Barack Obama is not the only one being inaugurated on January 20. And that's not just because Obama has promised to make a call to service "a central cause" of his presidency.

Top 43 Hits - Memorable Lines from Past Presidential Inaugurals

On January 20, 2009 Barack Obama will stand before Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and swear the oath prescribed in Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution as the 44th President of the United States. After taking the oath President Obama will give an inaugural address. Since George Washington's first inaugural address, many memorable words have been spoken and are among the most enduring and frequently quoted.

America Receives a Leading Man for the Dramas Ahead
Garrison Keillor

When President Obama takes his hand off the Bible and walks to the Capitol lectern, he carries real power in his pocket, maybe more than any president since FDR, and some of it he has earned and some is a gift.

Don't Take that Oath, Barack
Mark Bazer

Personally, I'm hoping for a new piece of presidential trivia come Inauguration Day. I'm hoping Barack Obama becomes the first person elected president to refuse to take the Oath of Office. In other words, I hope he turns down the job. Don't get me wrong — I like and admire Obama. But that said, and for all Obama's clearly evident wisdom and sound judgment, I just don't know if president of the United States is the ideal job for him.

Riding on the Wings of Change
Amy Dickinson

Our new president is offering us more than the promise of change. With his historic election, he offered us the optimistic idea that we can do what we must do. In my experience studying the human condition, we only change when there is no alternative. And now, there is no alternative. Our national challenges trickle down into our households. We have family members at war, our jobs aren't secure, our retirement savings seem to be disappearing and our material lifestyle is under assault.

America in Shock
Nathan Gardels

As we head into 2009, America is in shock. It is not because of the unusual sight of the first black president taking up residence in the White House. Barack Obama's profile, after all, is familiar to the diverse population of today's ethnically and racially hybrid America. America is in shock because our economic and financial landscape is suddenly unrecognizable.

Great Expectations
Cal Thomas

With Barack Obama, it is the reverse. Perhaps because of his eloquence, lithe body, handsome face and beautiful family (and because he is not George W. Bush), expectations are so high that they are beyond the reach of any mortal. Perhaps that is why Obama has been disparagingly referred to as "the messiah" and "the one."

Awaiting the Transformational Presidency
Arianna Huffington

President-elect Barack Obama is obsessed with Lincoln, who changed the country both by changing government policy and by using the bully pulpit to help us change ourselves.

Europeans Love 'Alabama'
Rick Steves

With a new political era dawning in America, the world is paying attention. I remember the first time my Italian friends expressed a curiosity and enthusiasm about some black politician named "Alabama." Now everyone knows Obama's name, and we have a president whom people around the world want to look up to.

Is This the End of Black
Leonard Pitts

Those who claim we live in a post-racial America are guilty of no sin greater than wishful thinking. But that doesn't make them any less incorrect. Not simply because people are still being pulled over for driving black but, more fundamentally, because Obama's victory does not mean what some of us think it does. I don't mean to suggest it does not embody breathtaking progress — it does.

A New Way of Being on this Planet
Robert Koehler

Something has to change about how we conduct our business and live our lives . . . no, that's putting it too mildly. A spiritual awakening has to occur, the shock and awe of awareness as we look unblinking at the state of the world as it really is.

As the Decider, The True Barack Obama will Become Clear
Jonah Goldberg

Over the interminably long campaign, Obama's positions "evolved" to suit his political needs. This is hardly extraordinary. Pretty much every successful presidential candidate embarks on a similar ideological migration

Special Inaugural Crossword Puzzle

Can you solve this special inaugural crossword with your mom, dad or your favorite grown-up? Yes, you can! Kids solve the across clues while adults tackle the down ones.