A drawn portrait of Chelsea Clinton in a store window in Rhinebeck, the New York town where she plans to get married to fiance Marc Mezvinsky on Saturday, July 31, 2010.
The Dutchess County community of 8,000, about 90 miles north of New York City, is being inundated with wedding guests, media and the curious this weekend.
A New York State trooper directs traffic in downtown Rhinebeck, N.Y., Friday, July 30, 2010. Plans for Chelsea's wedding were a closely-guarded secret. The mayor of Rhinebeck, Jim Reardon, told "The Early Show" that after hearing rumors, he got in touch with the Secret Service in Albany and Bill Clinton's organization, before receiving official confirmation.
People walk past a bridal store decorated with a sign congratulating Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky on their wedding plans, Friday, July 30, 2010 in Rhinebeck, N.Y.
A congratulations sign on display July 30, 2010 in Rhinebeck, New York.
A bottle of wine and a note from Chelsea Clinton's wedding planner was sent to Rhinebeck residents thanking them for putting up with road closures on the day of the wedding.
Children wave at members of the media from a bus decorated with a sign congratulating Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky on Friday, July 30, 2010 in Rhinebeck, N.Y.
Catering crews work on the sprawling grounds and under the tent at Astor Courts in Rhinebeck, in preparation for the wedding. Local airspace will be restricted, with a "no-fly" zone being in place from 3 p.m. Saturday to 3:30 a.m. Sunday morning.
An exterior view of the Beekman Arms Inn, where many Chelsea Clinton wedding guests are rumored to be staying, on July 30, 2010. More than 400 homes in Rhinebeck are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Workers put up a fence around the Beekman Arms Inn in anticipation of its closing to the public for the Clinton wedding, on Friday, July 30.
Wayne Brandes of Rhinebeck sells T-shirts commemorating the wedding of Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky. "I'm bored. I'm 65, retired and needed something to do. It's perked me up a little. Otherwise right now I'd be out on the back porch with a cup of coffee or cleaning the pool. That's a neverending battle right there."
People gather on a street outside a local restaurant where former President Bill Clinton was spotted having lunch on Friday.
Former President Bill Clinton greets well-wishers outside Gigi's restaurant, Friday, July 30, 2010 in Rhinebeck, N.Y.
Press and onlookers try to photograph the father of the bride.
Former President Bill Clinton talks to people as he leaves a restaurant in Rhinebeck, N.Y., on Friday, July 30, 2010. Clinton made a long-anticipated appearance in the upstate New York village where his daughter is getting married Saturday, drawing crowds of onlookers as preparations continued largely out of sight for the grand and secretive occasion.
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton told the crowd, "I feel very blessed. And Hillary feels the same way. We think it's fabulous."
Turnabout is fair play: Someone takes photographs from a limo in Rhinebeck, N.Y., on Friday, July 30, 2010.
Is Babs on the guest list? Bruce Ottmer of Albany, N.Y., carries a painting of Barbara Streisand in Rhinebeck, N.Y., on Friday, July 30, 2010.
On Friday evening people lined the street across from the Beekman Arms Inn, waiting for guests to arrive for a pre-wedding party for Chelsea Clinton.
A general view of the crowd gathered outside the Beekman Arms Inn Friday, July 30, 2010 in Rhinebeck, New York.
Bill and Hillary Clinton arrive for a party in honor of Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky Friday, July 30, 2010 in Rhinebeck, N.Y.
Bill and Hillary Clinton in Rhinebeck, July 30, 2010.
Vernon Jordan, a long-time confidant to the Clinton family, leaves a pre-wedding party for Chelsea Clinton at the Beekman Arms Inn in Rhinebeck, N.Y., on Friday, July 30, 2010. Staffers from the Boston-based wedding planner Bryan Rafanelli were present, screening for party-crashers, confirming guests' IDs, and issuing purple wristbands as an added security measure.
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright leaves a party in honor of Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky Friday, July 30, 2010 in Rhinebeck, N.Y.
Sorry, Rascal, you're a bit late: The mascot for the Hudson Valley Renegades baseball team holds a sign on East Market Street earlier this week in Rhinebeck, N.Y.
Billy Marchetti (left) of Kingston, N.Y., chats with Rhinebeck resident Kathy Varadi while reading the local paper, just hours before the wedding of Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky on Saturday. Regarding the arrival of the highly-anticipated event, the paper wrote, "The Eagle has landed."
Wedding guests gather at the Delamater Inn in Rhinebeck on Saturday.
Roger Clinton, brother of former President Bill Clinton, walks with his son Tyler on the grounds of the Delamater Inn in Rhinebeck, N.Y., on Saturday.
A woman carries a wedding dress into the Beekman Arms Inn in Rhinebeck, as crowds start to gather on the day of Chelsea Clinton's multimillion-dollar wedding.
Husband-and-wife actors Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen arrive at the Delamater Inn in Rhinebeck, N.Y., on Saturday, July 31, 2010.
A member of the media does a "standup" for TV cameras Saturday as the general public looks on, in Rhinebeck, New York.
Limousines start to line up outside a hotel in Rhinebeck, as crowds start to gather on the day of Chelsea Clinton's multimillion-dollar wedding.
People stand outside the Delamater Inn waiting for guests to arrive in Rhinebeck, N.Y., on Saturday, July 31, 2010.
Tourists in Bill and Hillary Clinton masks drive through Rhinebeck, as crowds start to gather on the day of the real Chelsea Clinton's wedding.
Trixie and Ellie are all dressed up on Saturday, July 31, 2010 in Rhinebeck, New York.