Village President Catherine Melchert, Bartlett
This won't be the first inauguration Bartlett Village President Catherine Melchert has attended.
Melchert was in the nation's capital in 2001 and saw President George W. Bush take the oath. Like she was eight years ago, Melchert will find herself in Washington, D.C., to attend the U.S. Conference of Mayors' annual meeting.
"This is something for your moment book," she said.
Melchert, who has met Obama a few times, said she looks forward to seeing who the president-elect assembles to participate and speak. She says those choices will reveal much about his character, pointing to poet Robert Frost's reading at President John F. Kennedy's swearing in.