MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – Preparations not only underway in the nation’s capital for President-Elect Donald Trump’s inauguration –but also here at home as the Mobile Azalea Trail Maids prepare to travel to Washington D.C. and be apart of the 60th Presidential Inaugural Parade.
“We found out right before Christmas — we had a short amount of time to get a lot of information into the Secret Service and get everyone passed through security measures — but we’re ready to go now though,” said Ashley Gillis, Mobile Azalea Trail Maids Chairman of the Board.
All 50 Trail Maids will make the trip — something they’ve done twice before. First in 2005 for President George W. Bush’s 2nd inauguration and in 2009 for President Barack Obama’s first inauguration…