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Trump calls for unity at opening concert as inaugural festivities begin

'We're going to make America great for all of our people,' Trump told the crowd

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Jonathan Ellis, Katie Rogers & Nick Corasaniti | NYT
A President-elect takes at center stage

The opening concert of the long inaugural week-to-weekend was the stuff of legend — acts came, followed by protests, followed by withdrawals. Names were floated, like Elton John and Charlotte Church, only to have the artists publicly rebuke the invitation.

But when it all finally came together, a beaming Mr. Trump stood at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial on Thursday night, basking in the applause from thousands of concertgoers and vowing to “unify our country.”

“But we’re going to make America great for all of our people,” the president-elect told the crowd. “That