RIGHT NOW: Watch Massachusetts' first elected female governor, Maura Healey, give her inaugural address after being sworn in.
The House chamber at the State House was brimming before noon, and Healey, along with Lt. Gov.-elect Kim Driscoll, entered to applause.
Gold Star families led the Pledge of Allegiance during the inaugural ceremony. Berklee College of Music instructor Lydia Harrell sang the National Anthem. Among the guests assembled for the event were Sen. Ed Markey; former Secretary of State John Kerry, himself a former lieutenant governor; several former Massachusetts governors, including Deval Patrick, Bill Weld and Michael Dukakis; and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu.
John Kerry and several former governors was among the politicians at the Massachusetts State House for the historic inauguration of Maura Healey.
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