Keywords: 44 CongInvitation.jpg en Front image of one of the official color-coded public invitations silver ticket to the 2009 U S presidential inaugural ceremony of Barack Obama that was distributed by members of the 111th U S Congress United States Congress Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies Lwalt file ; United States Congress Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies original 2009-01 PD-USGov-Congress Color-coded invitations included tickets with yellow orange blue purple and silver borders Tickets with silver borders were distributed to the general public by lottery or on a first come first served basis by members of the U S Congress because of overwhelming requests from constituents to attend the inauguration of Barack Obama PD-USGov Barack Obama 2009 presidential inauguration |