PHOTOS: Inauguration Day from swearing-in to surprise walk by president, vice president

Four years after Trump’s dark portrayal of “American carnage,” Biden set out his intent on the same platform of the flag-bedecked Capitol to write “an American story of hope.”

The ascension of the 46th president came with poetry, trumpets, Lady Gaga singing the national anthem, Garth Brooks singing “Amazing Grace" and keen memories of the insurrection on these grounds by Trump supporters only two weeks earlier.

“Democracy has prevailed,” Biden said in his sober remarks, adding, “We must end this uncivil war.”