The theme for President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration will be "America United," an issue that's long been a central focus for Biden but one that has taken on added weight in the wake of the violence at the US Capitol last week.

 In an announcement shared first with The Associated Press, the Presidential Inaugural Committee said that the theme "reflects the beginning of a new national journey that restores the soul of America, brings the country together, and creates a path to a brighter future.

In keeping with the theme of unity, the committee also announced that after he is officially inaugurated, Biden, Vice President-elect Harris and their spouses will lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, and will be joined there by former Presidents Barack Obama, George W Bush, Bill Clinton and their wives. It will be one of Bidens first acts as president and a show of bipartisanship at a time when the national divide is on stark display.

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