It was a joy to host Katie's live coverage of the inaugural parade, along with our own Kelsey Starks and historian and author Ron Bryant.

Teachers and first responders served as grand marshals as the event honored the resilience of Kentuckians that they showed in the wake of natural disasters and the global pandemic.

While sending the message it was time to move forward together.

And we've got a pretty good lineup of a parade.

About 75 entrants here.

It's kind of a mixture of an image to educators and to first responders and to the health care heroes.

To the communities and the bands that are coming out.

Those are the communities that have been affected by tornadoes, floods, wildfires.

The theme of the whole inauguration is forward together.

What does that symbolize?

That symbolizes many things, but in particular, it's a plea for unity.

And that is something that's so important in politics and in the world in general and in our divisive age.

It is good to see one of the chief executives of one of the states, the union, to actually say, you know, let's go forward together.

Let's not look backward.

It's so important, though, to the entire makeup of the government to have an inauguration for each term that the governors serve.

And it's something also for the people of the commonwealth to see that they want that pomp and circumstance.

They want their little bit of grandeur and they get it.

Here's our big show.

Here's a slogan for us.

Yes.

And this is the whole band, right?

I mean, we're just a mile or two maybe from where Kentucky State University is located.

So we are they're entertaining us on their soil today.

Oh, and there we are, Governor Paul Pat and his wife, Judy.

Now, that kind of does your heart good.

Well, and there is former Governor Steve Beshear.

And first Lady Jane.

Their history.

Making.

That's right.

Family there with the only father and son to ever be elected.

All right.

We've had a great parade full of great bands, great music, great floats that hearken to our ingenuity, to to even elevate those who've helped bring us through challenging times and difficulties, our health care workers and educators, and even an homage to the new industries that are emerging here in Kentucky that's responsible for some of our economic development.

BOONE Looking at those battery plants and seeing the union workers, it really has been a good parade celebrating all of those and elected officials as well to help make Kentucky drive us forward.

And that is part of the theme today.

Forward together.