When my children were small, I took them to the county courthouse on election night so they could be close to the center of power when that power shifted, moved because of an election. Was a way to demystify the process and the officeholders themselves for they were unusually there watching the precinct numbers add up.
As my children got older going to the courthouse on election night became a past tradition.
Traveling to Washington for the Inauguration was a little like that for all of us. A very fine family trip, to witness the peaceful transition of power, a simply amazing thing that should not mystify us at all.